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Albanian vs Portuguese


Portuguese vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
10  
6

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Portugal  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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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  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
19  
9

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Olá  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
obrigado  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Como você está?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
boa noite  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
bom Dia  

Please
Ju lutem  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Me fal  
pesaroso  

Bye
mirupafshim  
tchau  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
European Portuguese  

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
Not Available  
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Português  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Português  

French Name
albanais  
portugais  

German Name
Albanisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
Not Available  
6  
6

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
por  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
port1283  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
51-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Albanian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Portuguese language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Albanian vs Portuguese Difficulty

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

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