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Urdu vs Albanian


Albanian vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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.
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Similar To
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Romanian  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
7  
4

How Many Consonants
40  
29
29  
19

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
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  

History

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
20  
18
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Urdu and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Albanian language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Albanian Language History.

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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.

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