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Arabic vs Albanian


Albanian vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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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Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Romanian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
7  
4

How Many Consonants
28  
18
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
شكرا  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
mirëmengjes  

Please
من فضلك  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
آسف  
Me fal  

Bye
وداعا  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
أحبك  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,400,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Tosk Albanian  

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

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
Not Available  

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Not Available  

French Name
arabe  
albanais  

German Name
Arabisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Albanians  

History

Origin
512 CE  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Arabic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
25  
21
Not Available  

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

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
alb  

ISO 639 3
ara  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Arabic and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Albanian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 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 Arabic and Albanian Language History.

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

Arabic vs Albanian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Albanian 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 Arabic and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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