Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
alo
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
scuze
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
albanais
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Romanians
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1521
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Romanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Albanian and Romanian 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 Romanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Romanian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Romanian word for "Thank You" is multumesc. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Romanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Romanian Difficulty
The Albanian vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.