Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Malta
  
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
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Malta
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Malti
  
French Name
albanais
  
maltais
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Maltese
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Maltese
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Albanian and Maltese 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 Maltese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Maltese language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Maltese word for "Thank You" is Grazzi. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Maltese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Maltese Difficulty
The Albanian vs Maltese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Maltese 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 Maltese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Maltese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Maltese time required is 30 weeks.