Countries
European Union, Poland
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Poland
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Lithuania, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Belarus, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Polish Language Council (Rada Języka Polskiego)
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Polish Language has many loanwords from Russian, Czech, French, Italian, Hebrew and German Languages.
- The earliest writings found in polish language was list of persons and place names, is dated to 1136.
  
- 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
Czech, Slovak, Serbian Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Polish-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
cześć
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
dziękuję
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Jak się masz?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
dobranoc
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
dobry wieczór
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
dzień dobry
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Dzień dobry
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
proszę
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Przepraszam
  
Me fal
  
Bye
do widzenia
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
kocham Cię
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
przepraszam
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Kashubian
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
108,000.00
  
99+
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Masovian
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Poland
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Silesian
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Czech Republic, Poland
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak?
40.00 million
  
31
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
40.00 million
  
24
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Polski
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Polnisch, Polski
  
Not Available
  
French Name
polonais
  
albanais
  
German Name
Polnisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈpɔlski]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Poles
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1270
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Polish and Middle Polish
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Polish
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
System Językowo-Migowy (SJM) (Signed Polish)
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
pl
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
pol
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
pol
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
pol
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
pols
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
poli1260
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-cc
  
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
  
Polish 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 Polish and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Polish and Albanian language. Polish word for "Hello" is cześć or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Polish Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Polish vs Albanian Difficulty
The Polish vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Polish 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 Polish and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Polish and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Polish is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.