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Dutch vs Albanian


Albanian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
South Africa  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

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

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

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Romanian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
mirëmengjes  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
sorry  
Me fal  

Bye
vaarwel  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Gheg Albanian  

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

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
32
3,400,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
16
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
18
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
38
Not Available  

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
25
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
Nederlands  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Not Available  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
albanais  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Albanians  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
48  
35
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
alb  

ISO 639 3
nld  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mode1257  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Dutch and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Albanian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 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 Dutch and Albanian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Albanian Difficulty

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

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