Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
European Union, Lithuania
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Lithuania
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Poland
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
- Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
- "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Latvian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Ačiū
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Kaip sekasi?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Labanakt
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Labas vakaras
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Laba diena
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Labas rytas
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Prašom
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
atsiprašau
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Ate
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Aš myliu tave
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Atsiprašau
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Samogitian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Aukštaitian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Curonian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Lithuania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
3.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
lietuvių kalba
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy
  
French Name
albanais
  
lituanien
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Litauisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Lithuanians
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
c. 1503
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Lithuanian
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Lithuanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
lt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
lit
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
lit
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
lit
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
lith1251
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
54-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Albanian and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Lithuanian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Lithuanian word for "Thank You" is Ačiū. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Lithuanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Lithuanian Difficulty
The Albanian vs Lithuanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Lithuanian 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 Lithuanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Lithuanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Lithuanian time required is 44 weeks.