Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Wales
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Wales
  
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
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
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Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Helô
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Bore da
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
albanais
  
gallois
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Welsh
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Albanian and Welsh 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 Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Welsh language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Welsh Difficulty
The Albanian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Welsh 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 Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.