Countries
India, Pakistan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
India
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
Me fal
  
Bye
الوداع
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
اُردُو
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Not Available
  
French Name
ourdou
  
albanais
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Albanians
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Synthetic
  
Urdu 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 Urdu and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Albanian language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Urdu vs Albanian Difficulty
The Urdu vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.