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Albanian vs Konkani


Konkani vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
India  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
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  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
16  
13

How Many Consonants
29  
19
36  
26

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Ju lutem  
Chike  

Sorry
Me fal  
Maf kor  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Adeus  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Antruz  

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Not present  

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Italy  
-  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
albanais  
konkani  

German Name
Albanisch  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Kokani  

Language Position
14  
13
23  
21

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
kok  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
kok  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
kok  

Glottocode
alba1267  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Albanian and Konkani Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Konkani language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Konkani language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Konkani language states that this language originated in 1209 A.D.. 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 Albanian and Konkani Language History.

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

Albanian vs Konkani Difficulty

The Albanian vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Konkani 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 Albanian and Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.

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