Countries
South Africa
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
South Africa
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
- 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
Dutch Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Dutch Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Dankie
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
goeie nag
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Goeienaand
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
goeie more
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
asseblief
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
jammer
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Not Available
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Namibia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.10 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million
  
22
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Afrikaans
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
  
Not Available
  
French Name
afrikaans
  
albanais
  
German Name
Afrikaans
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
  
Albanians
  
Origin
17th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
af
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
afr
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
afr
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
afr
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
afrs
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
afri1274
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
  
Synthetic
  
Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Afrikaans and Albanian language. Afrikaans word for "Hello" is hallo or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Afrikaans Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Afrikaans vs Albanian Difficulty
The Afrikaans vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Afrikaans and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Afrikaans is 24 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.