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
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Kimgao
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swah1254
alba1267
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
55-AAA-aaa
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.