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Albanian vs Persian


Persian vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   

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.
    •   
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Pashto and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
23   
13

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
سلام   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
متشکرم   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
چطور هستید?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
شب بخیر   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
عصر بخیر   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
بعد از ظهر بخیر   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
صبح به خیر   

Please
Ju lutem   
لطفا   

Sorry
Me fal   
متاسف   

Bye
mirupafshim   
خدا حافظ   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
من شما را دوست دارم   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
ببخشيد!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Western Persian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Iran, Iraq   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
47,000,000.00   
7

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Dari Persian   

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
12,500,000.00   
7

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Tajik Persian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
7,900,000.00   
6

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
65.00 million   
26

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.99 %   
20

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
65.00 million   
17

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
فارسی   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   

French Name
albanais   
persan   

German Name
Albanisch   
Persisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Persian people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Old Persian and Middle Persian   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Persian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
fa   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
fas   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
per   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
pes   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
fars1254   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
58-AAC-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Albanian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Persian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Persian Language History.

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

Albanian vs Persian Difficulty

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

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