Countries
India, Nepal
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Nepal
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
- 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.
Similar To
Hindi
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
कृपया
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Doteli
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
  
Not Available
  
French Name
népalais
  
albanais
  
German Name
Nepali
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
  
Albanians
  
Origin
19 BC
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Nepali
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ne
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
nep
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
nep
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
npi
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nepa1254
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
12
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Nepali 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 Nepali and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Albanian language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Nepali vs Albanian Difficulty
The Nepali vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Nepali 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 Nepali and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Nepali and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Nepali is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.