Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Sweden
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Finland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Antartica, Europe
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
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.
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
hej
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
tacka dig
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
hur mår du
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
godnatt
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
god kväll
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
god eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
god morgon
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
vänligen
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
ledsen
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
hej då
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
jag älskar dig
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
ursäkta mig
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
78,000,000.00
  
6
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Georgia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
78,000,000.00
  
2
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Dialects
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
France
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
15.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Svenska
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
French Name
albanais
  
suédois
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Schwedisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
13th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Germanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Old Swedish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Standard Swedish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
sv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
swe
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
swe
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
swe
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
swed1254
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Swedish 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 Swedish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Swedish language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Swedish word for "Thank You" is tacka dig. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Swedish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Swedish Difficulty
The Albanian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.