Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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.
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
ciao
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
buongiorno
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
scusate
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
78.00 million
  
21
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Italiano
  
French Name
albanais
  
italien
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Italians
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
960 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Italian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Albanian and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Italian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Italian Difficulty
The Albanian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.