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German vs Albanian


Albanian vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Romanian  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Danke  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
mirëmengjes  

Please
bitte  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Me fal  

Bye
Tschüs  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Gheg Albanian  

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

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
3,400,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Tosk Albanian  

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

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
Not Available  

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
Deutsch  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Not Available  

French Name
allemand  
albanais  

German Name
Deutsch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Albanians  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
9  
9
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
alb  

ISO 639 3
deu  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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German and Albanian Language History

Comparison of German vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of German and Albanian language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Albanian Language History.

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

German vs Albanian Difficulty

The German vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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