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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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