Countries
Philippines
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
Philippines
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Philippines
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
Romanian
Derived From
Island of Cebu
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Salamat
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
mirëdita
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
mirëmengjes
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Më falni
Dialect 1
Boholano
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Bohol
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
North Kana
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Visayan
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Not Available
French Name
cebuano
albanais
German Name
Cebuano
Albanisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Albanians
Origin
16th century
1462 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Standard Albanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
sq
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
cebu1242
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data Available
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Cebuano and Albanian language. Cebuano word for "Hello" is Hoy or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Cebuano Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Cebuano vs Albanian Difficulty
The Cebuano vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Cebuano 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 Cebuano and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Cebuano and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Cebuano is 3 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.