Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
France, Spain
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
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
  
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
  
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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Spanish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Basque-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Kaixo
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Eskerrik asko
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Zer moduz?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Gabon
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Arratsalde on
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Egun on
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Mesedez
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Barkatu
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Agur
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Maite zaitut
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Barkatu
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Navarro-Lapurdian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Souletin
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
France, Soule, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Biscayan
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
7.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
  
French Name
albanais
  
basque
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Baskisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Basque people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
c. 1000
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Vasconic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Basque
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
eu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
eus
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
baq
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
eus
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
basq1248
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
40-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Albanian and Basque 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 Basque greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Basque language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Basque word for "Thank You" is Eskerrik asko. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Basque Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Basque Difficulty
The Albanian vs Basque difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Basque 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 Basque are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Basque, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Basque time required is 88 weeks.