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Albanian vs Punjabi


Punjabi vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

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.
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  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
41  
30

Scripts
Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
Ju lutem  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Me fal  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
mirupafshim  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Pothohari  

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
2,500,000.00  
22

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Saraiki  

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
20,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.44 %  
11

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
54.30 million  
12

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
albanais  
pendjabi  

German Name
Albanisch  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Modern Punjabi  

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
pan  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
pan  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Albanian and Punjabi Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Punjabi language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Punjabi language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Punjabi language states that this language originated in 1000 AD. 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 Punjabi Language History.

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

Albanian vs Punjabi Difficulty

The Albanian vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.

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