Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Philippines
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
73.00 million
  
24
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
albanais
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Filipino
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Tagalog language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Albanian vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.