Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Bhutan
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Bhutan
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
India
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Dzongkha Development Commission
  
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.
- Standard romanization of the Dzongkha language is Roman Dzongkha.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Sikkimese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tibetan Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Dzongkha-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Dzongkha Braille, Tibetan Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Kuzoozangpo La
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Kaadinchhey La
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Ga Day Bay Zhu Yoe Ga ?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
lek shom ay zim
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Not Available
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Tsip maza
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Log Jay Gay
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Nga cheu lu ga
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Tsip maza
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Laya
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Lunana
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Adap
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Bhutan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
0.64 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
0.17 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
0.47 million
  
37
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
རྫོང་ཁ (dzongkha)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bhotia of Bhutan, Bhotia of Dukpa, Bhutanese, Drukha, Drukke, Dukpa, Jonkha, Rdzongkha, Zongkhar
  
French Name
albanais
  
dzongkha
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Dzongkha
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Ngalop people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Dzongkha
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
dz
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
dzo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
nucl1307
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Dzongkha language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Dzongkha word for "Thank You" is Kaadinchhey La. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Dzongkha Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Dzongkha Difficulty
The Albanian vs Dzongkha difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Dzongkha 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 Dzongkha are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Dzongkha, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Dzongkha time required is Not Available.