Countries
Philippines
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Philippines
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
- 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
pakiusap
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Paálam
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Tagalog
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Not Available
  
French Name
tagalog
  
albanais
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1593
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Albanian language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Albanian Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.