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Albanian and Portuguese


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
10  
6
2  
13

National Language
Portugal  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
United States of America  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

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

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
    •   

Similar To
Spanish and Galician Languages  
Romanian  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
19  
9
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Olá  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
obrigado  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
Como você está?  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
boa noite  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
boa Noite  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
bom Dia  
mirëmengjes  

Please
Por Favor  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
pesaroso  
Me fal  

Bye
tchau  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Eu te amo  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
desculpe me  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese  
Gheg Albanian  

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

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00  
5
3,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
European Portuguese  
Tosk Albanian  

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

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
37
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
4,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
3.27 %  
7
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
216.00 million  
5
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
Português  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Português  
Shqip  

French Name
portugais  
albanais  

German Name
Portugiesisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses  
Albanians  

History

Origin
3rd Century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Portuguese  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
6  
6
14  
13

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
pt  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
por  
alb  

ISO 639 3
por  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
por  
sqi  

Glottocode
port1283  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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All Portuguese and Albanian 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 Portuguese and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Portuguese and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Portuguese are spoken in different Portuguese Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Portuguese vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Portuguese dialects include: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Portuguese and Albanian Speaking population

Portuguese and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. 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 Portuguese and Albanian on Portuguese vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Albanian Language Codes

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

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