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Albanian vs Norwegian


Norwegian vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Norway  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Norwegian Language Council  

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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  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
20  
10

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
hallo  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
takk  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
god natt  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
god morgen  

Please
Ju lutem  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Me fal  
unnskyld  

Bye
mirupafshim  
ha det  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Sogn  

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

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
19  
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
Not Available  

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Norsk  

French Name
albanais  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Albanisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Germanic  

Branch
Not Available  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

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

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
nor  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
nor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Albanian and Norwegian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Norwegian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Norwegian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Norwegian language states that this language originated in c. 1300 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 Norwegian Language History.

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

Albanian vs Norwegian Difficulty

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

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