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Albanian vs Urdu


Urdu vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Pakistan  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Oceania  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
India  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  

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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  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Arabic and Hindi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Ghaznavid Persian Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
10  
7

How Many Consonants
29  
19
40  
29

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
خوش آمديد  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
آپ کا شکریہ  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
گڈ نائٹ  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
سلام علیکم  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
گڈ آفٹر نون  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
گڈ مارننگ  

Please
Ju lutem  
براہ مہربانی  

Sorry
Me fal  
معاف کرنا  

Bye
mirupafshim  
الوداع  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
مجھے تم سے محبت  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
معاف کیجئے گا  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Dakhini  

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
11,000,000.00  
12

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Hyderabadi Urdu  

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Rekhta  

Where They Speak
Italy  
South Asia  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
104.00 million  
15

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
61.00 million  
19

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
43.00 million  
14

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
اُردُو  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Bihari  

French Name
albanais  
ourdou  

German Name
Albanisch  
Urdu  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[ˈʊrd̪u]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Not Available  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
12th Century CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Modern Standard Urdu  

Language Position
Not Available  
20  
18

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
ur  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
urd  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
urd  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
urd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
urdu1245  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
59-AAF-q  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional  

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Albanian and Urdu Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Urdu language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Urdu language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE. 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 Urdu Language History.

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

Albanian vs Urdu Difficulty

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

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