Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- 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
Chinese Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
您好
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
请
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
Me fal
  
Bye
再见
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Not Available
  
French Name
Not Available
  
albanais
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Albanians
  
Origin
17th century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cantonese and Albanian language. Cantonese word for "Hello" is 您好 or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Cantonese Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cantonese vs Albanian Difficulty
The Cantonese vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cantonese and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cantonese is 88 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.