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Chinese vs Albanian


Albanian vs Chinese


Countries

Countries
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
China, Taiwan   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Indonesia, Malaysia   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

Interesting Facts
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Romanian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
24   
19
7   
4

How Many Consonants
23   
13
29   
19

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好 (Nín hǎo)   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
谢谢 (Xièxiè)   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
早安 (Zǎo ān)   
mirëmengjes   

Please
请 (Qǐng)   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
遗憾 (Yíhàn)   
Me fal   

Bye
再见 (Zàijiàn)   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
劳驾 (Láojià)   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mandarin   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
960,000,000.00   
1
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Wu   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
China, United States of America   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
80,000,000.00   
1
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Yue   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
60,000,000.00   
2
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,051.00 million   
2
7.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
873.00 million   
1
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
178.00 million   
3
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
中文 (zhōngwén)   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
chinois   
albanais   

German Name
Chinesisch   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Han   
Albanians   

History

Origin
1250 BC   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Standard Chinese   
Standard Albanian   

Language Position
1   
1
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
zh   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
zho   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
chi   
alb   

ISO 639 3
zho   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sini1245   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
79-AAA   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Synthetic   

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Chinese and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Chinese vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Chinese and Albanian language. History of Chinese language states that this language originated in 1250 BC 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 Chinese and Albanian Language History.

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

Chinese vs Albanian Difficulty

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

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