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English vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
33  
2

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Not Available  

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.
    •   
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

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
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Hello  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
How are you?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Good Night  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Good Morning  

Please
Ju lutem  
Please  

Sorry
Me fal  
Sorry  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Bye  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
American English  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Italy  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
Not Available  
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
English  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
albanais  
anglais  

German Name
Albanisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Standard English  

Language Position
Not Available  
3  
3

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
eng  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
alba1267  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Albanian and English Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and English language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century 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 English Language History.

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

Albanian vs English Difficulty

The Albanian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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