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Albanian and Portuguese


Portuguese and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
10   
6

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Portugal   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
    •   
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Spanish and Galician Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
29   
19
19   
9

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Olá   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
obrigado   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Como você está?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
boa noite   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
boa Noite   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
boa Tarde   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
bom Dia   

Please
Ju lutem   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Me fal   
pesaroso   

Bye
mirupafshim   
tchau   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Eu te amo   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
desculpe me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Brazilian Portuguese   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Brazil   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
204,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
European Portuguese   

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
10,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Daman and Diu   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
4,000.00   
36

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
231.00 million   
7

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.27 %   
7

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
216.00 million   
5

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Português   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Português   

French Name
albanais   
portugais   

German Name
Albanisch   
Portugiesisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Portuguese people or portugueses   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
3rd Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Medieval Galician   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Portuguese   

Language Position
Not Available   
6   
6

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
pt   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
por   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
por   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
por   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
port1283   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
51-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Albanian and Portuguese Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Portuguese dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Portuguese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Portuguese Dialects are spoken in different Portuguese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Portuguese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese , European Portuguese. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Portuguese Speaking population

Albanian and Portuguese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Portuguese languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Portuguese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Portuguese on Albanian vs Portuguese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Portuguese Language Codes

Albanian and Portuguese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Portuguese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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