Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
vänligen
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Me fal
  
Bye
hej då
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Svenska
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Not Available
  
French Name
suédois
  
albanais
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Albanians
  
Origin
13th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Swedish 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 Swedish and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Albanian language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Albanian Difficulty
The Swedish vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.