Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Germany
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Albanian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hallo
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Danke
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
gute Nacht
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
guten Abend
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
guten Morgen
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
bitte
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Verzeihung
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Tschüs
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Swiss German
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Switzerland
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00
  
18
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Swabian German
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Germany
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Texas German
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Texas
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak?
229.00 million
  
8
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
101.00 million
  
10
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
128.00 million
  
5
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Deutsch
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
  
Not Available
  
French Name
allemand
  
albanais
  
German Name
Deutsch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Germans
  
Albanians
  
Origin
6th Century AD
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed German
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
de
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
deu
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
ger
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
deu
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
deus
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
German 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 German and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in German and Albanian language. German word for "Hello" is hallo or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common German Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
German vs Albanian Difficulty
The German vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.