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Albanian vs Nepali


Nepali vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Nepal  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
People's Republic of China  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Language Academy of Nepal  

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.
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  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Hindi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
48  
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
12  
9

How Many Consonants
29  
19
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Good afternoon  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)  

Please
Ju lutem  
कृपया  

Sorry
Me fal  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Bye
mirupafshim  
नमस्ते (namaste)  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Doteli  

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
790,000.00  
30

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Bajhangi  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
India, Nepal  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Baitadeli  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.25 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
5.00 million  
29

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
नेपाली (nēpālī)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate  

French Name
albanais  
népalais  

German Name
Albanisch  
Nepali  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
19 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Nepali  

Language Position
Not Available  
59  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
ne  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
nep  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
nep  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
npi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
nepa1254  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
12  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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Albanian and Nepali Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Nepali language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Nepali language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 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 Nepali Language History.

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

Albanian vs Nepali Difficulty

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

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