Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
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
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Babay
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Bohol
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
southern Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
Not Available
  
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
albanais
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Cebuano 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 Cebuano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Cebuano language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Cebuano word for "Thank You" is Salamat. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Cebuano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Cebuano Difficulty
The Albanian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.