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Swahili vs Albanian


Albanian vs Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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  • 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages  
Romanian  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
21  
11
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Habari  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
Asante  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Habari gani?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
Usiku mwema  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Habari za jioni  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi  
mirëmengjes  

Please
tafadhali  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
pole  
Me fal  

Bye
bye  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
nakupenda  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Samahani  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kiunguja  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Zanzibar island  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,400,000.00  
20

Dialect 2
Kimrima  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Kimgao  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Kilwa  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million  
13
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
Not Available  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili  
Not Available  

French Name
swahili  
albanais  

German Name
Swahili  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili  
Albanians  

History

Origin
6th century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Benue-Congo  
Not Available  

Branch
Bantu  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Swahili  
Standard Albanian  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sw  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swa  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
swa  
alb  

ISO 639 3
swa  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swah1254  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
99-AUS-m  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Swahili and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Swahili vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Swahili and Albanian language. History of Swahili language states that this language originated in 6th 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 Swahili and Albanian Language History.

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

Swahili vs Albanian Difficulty

The Swahili vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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