Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Norway
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.
- 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 in
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Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Jeg Elsker Deg
Excuse Me
Më falni
unnskyld meg
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Jamtlandic
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Jamtland,Harjedalen
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Sognamål
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Sogn
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Hallingmål-Valdris
Where They Speak
Italy
Hallingdal, Valdres
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
1462 AD
c. 1300 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Northern (Scandinavian)
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
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
norw1258
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional
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.