Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
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.
- 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 in
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Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Më falni
pardon
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Gronings
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Netherlands
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Italy
Belgium, Netherlands
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Origin
1462 AD
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Dutch
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
alba1267
mode1257
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
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.