Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
- Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Slovak-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
Ahoj
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Ďakujem vám
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Ako sa máte?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Dobrú noc
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Dobrý večer
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Dobré ráno
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Prosím
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Pardón!
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Dovidenia
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Prepáčte!
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Central Slovak
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Western Slovak
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
5.20 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
5.20 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
slovenčina
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina
  
Not Available
  
French Name
slovaque
  
albanais
  
German Name
Slowakisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Slovaks
  
Albanians
  
Origin
6th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Western
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Slavic
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Slovak
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sk
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
slk
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
slo
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
slk
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
slov1269
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-db
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Slovak 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 Slovak and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovak and Albanian language. Slovak word for "Hello" is Ahoj or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Slovak Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovak vs Albanian Difficulty
The Slovak vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovak 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 Slovak and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovak and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovak is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.