Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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.
Similar To
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
سلام
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
متشکرم
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
چطور هستید?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
شب بخیر
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
عصر بخیر
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
صبح به خیر
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
لطفا
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
متاسف
  
Me fal
  
Bye
خدا حافظ
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
ببخشيد!
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Western Persian
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00
  
7
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Dari Persian
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Afganistan
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00
  
7
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Tajik Persian
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
65.00 million
  
26
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
65.00 million
  
17
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
فارسی
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
persan
  
albanais
  
German Name
Persisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Persian people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Persian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
fa
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
fas
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
per
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
pes
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
fars1254
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
58-AAC-c
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Persian 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 Persian and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Persian and Albanian language. Persian word for "Hello" is سلام or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Persian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Persian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Persian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Persian 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 Persian and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Persian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Persian is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.