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Albanian vs Danish


Danish vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language Committee)  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
  • There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Norwegian and Swedish  

Derived From
Not Available  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
20  
17

How Many Consonants
29  
19
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Hallo  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Mange tak  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
God nat  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
God aften  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
God eftermiddag  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
God morgen  

Please
Ju lutem  
Please  

Sorry
Me fal  
Undskyld!  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Farvel  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Jeg elsker dig  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Undskyld mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Scanian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Sweden  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
80,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Jutlandic  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Denmark  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Bornholmsk  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Island of Bornholm  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
5.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
Not Available  

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
dansk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Dansk, Rigsdansk  

French Name
albanais  
danois  

German Name
Albanisch  
Dänisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Danish people or Danes  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
c. 1100 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Rigsdansk  

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Signed Danish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
da  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
dan  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
dan  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
dan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
dani1284  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Albanian and Danish Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Danish language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Danish language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Danish language states that this language originated in c. 1100 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Danish Language History.

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Albanian and Danish Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Danish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Danish language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Danish word for "Thank You" is Mange tak. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Danish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Danish Difficulty

The Albanian vs Danish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Danish Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Danish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Danish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Danish time required is 24 weeks.

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