Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Japan
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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.
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Fukuoka
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
14
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
albanais
  
japonais
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Japanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Albanian and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Japanese language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Japanese Difficulty
The Albanian vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.