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Albanian vs Dutch


Dutch vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
6  
9

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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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  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
29  
19
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Hallo  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
goedemorgen  

Please
Ju lutem  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Me fal  
sorry  

Bye
mirupafshim  
vaarwel  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Gronings  

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
590,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Low Saxon  

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
4,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
1,300,000.00  
18

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
6.00 million  
25

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
albanais  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Albanisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
Not Available  
48  
35

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
dut  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
nld  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Albanian and Dutch Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Dutch language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Dutch language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500. 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 Dutch Language History.

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Albanian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Dutch language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Dutch Difficulty

The Albanian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.

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