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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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
European Portuguese
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Portugal
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
Where They Speak
Italy
Daman and Diu
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
port1283
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
51-AAA-a
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.