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Albanian vs Persian


Persian vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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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  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
6  
3

How Many Consonants
29  
19
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
سلام  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Ju lutem  
لطفا  

Sorry
Me fal  
متاسف  

Bye
mirupafshim  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Dari Persian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
Not Available  

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
albanais  
persan  

German Name
Albanisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Persian people  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Persian  

Language Position
Not Available  
23  
19

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
per  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Albanian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Persian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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

Albanian vs Persian Difficulty

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

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