Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
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
  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
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.
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Czech Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Ahoj
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Ďakujem vám
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Ako sa máte?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Dobrú noc
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Dobrý večer
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Dobré popoludnie
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Dobré ráno
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Prosím
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Pardón!
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Dovidenia
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Ľúbim Ťa
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Prepáčte!
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Eastern Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Central Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Western Slovak
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
5.20 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
slovenčina
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
French Name
albanais
  
slovaque
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Slowakisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Slovaks
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
6th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Western
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Proto-Slavic
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Slovak
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
sk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
slk
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
slo
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
slk
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
slov1269
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
53-AAA-db
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Albanian and Slovak 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 Slovak greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Slovak language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Slovak word for "Thank You" is Ďakujem vám. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Slovak Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Slovak Difficulty
The Albanian vs Slovak difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Slovak 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 Slovak are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Slovak, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Slovak time required is 44 weeks.