Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Romanian
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hello
Përshëndetje
Habari
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Asante
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Habari gani?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Ju lutem
tafadhali
I Love You
unë e dua ju
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Më falni
Samahani
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Italy
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Not Available
Alternative Names
Not Available
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
albanais
swahili
German Name
Albanisch
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Albanians
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1462 AD
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Swahili
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
swah1254
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Albanian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Swahili language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Swahili Difficulty
The Albanian vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.