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
  
Not Available
  
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.
- The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
India
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
34
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
albanais
  
oriya
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Odias
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Standard Odia
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
macr1269
  
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 Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Oriya language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Oriya Difficulty
The Albanian vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.