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Spanish vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
46  
1

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Spain  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
    •   
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Buenos Días  

Please
Ju lutem  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Me fal  
triste  

Bye
mirupafshim  
adiós  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Mexican Spanish  

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Cuban Spanish  

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Español  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
albanais  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Albanisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
Not Available  
2  
2

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
spa  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Albanian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Spanish language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Albanian vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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