Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Arabic Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Habari
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Asante
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Habari gani?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Usiku mwema
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
tafadhali
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
pole
  
Me fal
  
Bye
bye
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
nakupenda
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Samahani
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Kimrima
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Not Available
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
Not Available
  
French Name
swahili
  
albanais
  
German Name
Swahili
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Albanians
  
Origin
6th century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Swahili 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 Swahili and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swahili and Albanian language. Swahili word for "Hello" is Habari or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Swahili Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swahili vs Albanian Difficulty
The Swahili vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swahili 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 Swahili and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swahili and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swahili is 36 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.