Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
scuze
  
Me fal
  
Bye
La revedere
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Română
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Not Available
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
albanais
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1521
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Romanian 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 Romanian and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Albanian language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Romanian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.