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Albanian vs Italian


Italian vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
    •   
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
16   
6

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   
ciao   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
grazie   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Come stai?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
buongiorno   

Please
Ju lutem   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Me fal   
scusate   

Bye
mirupafshim   
arrivederci   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Romanesco   

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
14.00 million   
20

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Italiano   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Italiano   

French Name
albanais   
italien   

German Name
Albanisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Italians   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Italian   

Language Position
Not Available   
27   
23

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
ita   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
alba1267   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
51-AAA-q   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Albanian and Italian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Italian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Albanian vs Italian Difficulty

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

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