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Romanian vs Albanian


Albanian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Romanian  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
alo  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
multumesc  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
mirëmengjes  

Please
Vă Rog  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
scuze  
Me fal  

Bye
La revedere  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
3,400,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Tosk Albanian  

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

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
Română  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Not Available  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
albanais  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Albanians  

History

Origin
1521  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
36  
28
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
alb  

ISO 639 3
ron  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
roma1327  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Romanian and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Albanian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Albanian Language History.

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

Romanian vs Albanian Difficulty

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

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