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Albanian and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
2   
13

National Language
Portugal   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
United States of America   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Romanian   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
7   
4

How Many Consonants
19   
9
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
Olá   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
obrigado   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
boa noite   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
mirëmengjes   

Please
Por Favor   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Me fal   

Bye
tchau   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Gheg Albanian   

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

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Tosk Albanian   

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

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
7.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
Português   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Português   
Not Available   

French Name
portugais   
albanais   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Albanians   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Standard Albanian   

Language Position
6   
6
Not Available   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
alb   

ISO 639 3
por   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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All Portuguese and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Portuguese and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Albanian Speaking population

Portuguese and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Portuguese and Albanian on Portuguese vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Albanian Language Codes

Portuguese and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Portuguese and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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