Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Arabic is 5th common language in world.
- Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
- 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.
Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
مرحبا
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
شكرا
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
كيف حالك؟
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
تصبح على خير
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
مساء الخير
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
مساء الخير
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
صباح الخير
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
من فضلك
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
آسف
  
Me fal
  
Bye
وداعا
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
أحبك
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
اعذرني
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Maghrebi
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Sudanese
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Sudan
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00
  
6
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Levantine
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00
  
3
How Many People Speak?
452.00 million
  
4
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
206.00 million
  
6
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
246.00 million
  
2
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic
  
Not Available
  
French Name
arabe
  
albanais
  
German Name
Arabisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Arabs
  
Albanians
  
Origin
512 CE
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
North Arabic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Arabic
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ar
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ara
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
ara
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
ara
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arab1395
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
12-AAC
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Arabic and Albanian 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 Arabic and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Albanian language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Arabic vs Albanian Difficulty
The Arabic vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Albanian 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 Arabic and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.