Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
albanais
  
coréen
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Koreans
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative
  
Albanian and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Korean language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Korean Difficulty
The Albanian vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.