Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
- 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
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Italian-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
ciao
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
grazie
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Come stai?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
buonanotte
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
buonasera
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
buongiorno
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Per Favore
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
scusate
  
Me fal
  
Bye
arrivederci
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ti amo
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Scusami
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Romanesco
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Lazio
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Central Italian
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00
  
14
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Tuscan
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
64.00 million
  
18
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
14.00 million
  
20
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Italiano
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Italiano
  
Not Available
  
French Name
italien
  
albanais
  
German Name
Italienisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Italians
  
Albanians
  
Origin
960 BC
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Romance
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Italian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
it
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ita
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
ita
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
ita
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
itas
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
ital1282
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
51-AAA-q
  
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
  
Italian 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 Italian and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Albanian language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Italian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Italian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.