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Portuguese vs Albanian


Albanian vs 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.
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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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Portuguese and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Portuguese vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Portuguese and Albanian language. History of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century 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 Portuguese and Albanian Language History.

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

Portuguese vs Albanian Difficulty

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

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