Countries
Japan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Japan
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
日本語
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
japonais
  
albanais
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1185
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Albanian language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Albanian Difficulty
The Japanese vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.