Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
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.
- 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 in
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Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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?
7.50 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.