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Nepali vs Albanian


Albanian vs Nepali


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Nepal   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Republic of Brazil   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
People's Republic of China   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

Interesting Facts
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi   
Romanian   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48   
28
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
7   
4

How Many Consonants
36   
26
29   
19

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
Good afternoon   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   
mirëmengjes   

Please
कृपया   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Me fal   

Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Doteli   
Gheg Albanian   

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

How Many People Speak
790,000.00   
30
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Bajhangi   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
India, Nepal   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Baitadeli   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
7.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.25 %   
99+
Not Available   

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   
Not Available   

French Name
népalais   
albanais   

German Name
Nepali   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   
Albanians   

History

Origin
19 BC   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Nepali   
Standard Albanian   

Language Position
59   
99+
Not Available   

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

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ne   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nep   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
nep   
alb   

ISO 639 3
npi   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nepa1254   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
12   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Synthetic   

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Nepali and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Nepali vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Nepali and Albanian language. History of Nepali language states that this language originated in 19 BC 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 Nepali and Albanian Language History.

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Nepali 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 Nepali and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Nepali and Albanian language. Nepali word for "Hello" is नमस्ते (namaste) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Nepali Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Nepali vs Albanian Difficulty

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

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