Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
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 in
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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?
231.00 million
  
7
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.