Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Govenment of Goa
  
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.
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Chike
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Goa
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
albanais
  
konkani
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Kokani
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
goan1235
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Konkani language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Konkani Difficulty
The Albanian vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.