Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe
Minority Language
South Africa
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Not Available
Romanian
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Thank you
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
How are you?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Good Night
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Good Morning
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
I Love You
I love you
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Më falni
Dialect 1
American English
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
United States of America
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Italy
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
English
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
French Name
anglais
albanais
German Name
Englisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Albanians
Origin
5th Century AD
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Albanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed English
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
alba1267
Linguasphere
52-ABA
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Synthetic
English 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 English and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Albanian language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common English Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Albanian Difficulty
The English vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.