How to speak Albanian? Learn Albanian Alphabet!

[@64imma]

I'm glad to see a language that makes use of the letters q and x, as opposed to the English uses of those letters.

[@servantofaeie1569]

*[ABANDONED]* im currenty creating a new orthography for English where Q will replace "voiced TH" and X will replace "S" (whereas S will replace "SH")

[@VinLuiK]

@@servantofaeie1569 Bruh niggas gone be shleepin on dis forreal

[@keretaman]

@@servantofaeie1569 where can we see this work of yours?

[@servantofaeie1569]

@@keretaman that is old. i have made a much better version. Aa /a/ Áá /ɑ/ Ææ /æ/ Bb /b/ Cc /ɡ/ /ɡ̠/ Ğ ğ /ĕ/ Dd /d/ /d̠/ Ďď /d̠͡ɹ̠˔ˤʷ/ Ɛɛ /e̞/ Ee /ɛ/ Əə /ə/ Ƿƿ /w/ /◌ʷw/ Ff /f/ Vv /v/ Uu /ʉ/ /ʉu/ Ǔǔ /ʊ/ Zz /z/ Žž /ʒ/ Çç /ç/ Hh /h/ Θθ /t̪͡θ/ Ðð /ð/ Iı /ɪ/ /ɘ̆/ İi /i/ Jj /j/ Kk /k/ /k̠/ Ll /ɫ/ Łł /ʟ/ Mm /m/ Ɱɱ /ɱ/ Nn /n/ /n̠/ Ňň /ɾ̃/ /ɾ̠̃/ Ŋŋ /ŋ/ /ŋ̠/ Xx /d͡z/ X̌x̌ /d͡ʒ/ Oo /o/ Ǒǒ /ɔ/ Pp /p/ Ɔɔ /p̪͡f/ Ɥɥ /t̠͡ʃ/ Цц /t͡s/ Þþ /θ/ Qq /ʔ/ Rr /ɹ̠/ /ɹ̠ˤʷ/ Řř /ɾ/ /ɾ̠/ R̄r̄ /ɚ/ Sſs /s/ Šš /ʃ/ Tt /t/ /t̠/ Ťť /t̠͡ɹ̠̊˔ˤʷ/

[@servantofaeie1569]

@Wise Ananas nah, i prefer not using my voice to talk to internet strangers. though in the future i may sound them out in a video.

[@bancho9898]

Thank you for this, I had no idea that 'Xh'' was pronounced as 'J'! Very informative.

[@carbugnov1952]

as a maltese albanian letters is not difficult to pronounce. my friend learned albanian in one year in albania,

[@Mr.Nichan]

Just make sure you listen to what he says and don't trust his helper text too much. It's a tiny bit off. (I'm just talking about this video.)

[@carlys8439]

wow thats an interresting sounding r! I have no idea how to pronounce it. It sounds a bit like an english r, but not quite

[@aMomentNYC]

+Carlys You are right.

[@silver6380]

It's just like the r in Faroese! Basically the English r, but a bit more fricative-like and with your tongue bent quite a bit back (retroflex). If you know IPA it's somewhere between /ɻ/ and /ʐ/. :)

[@beautybee3549]

Xh when he said jacket in Albanian. That’s exactly how we say jacket in my language 😆

[@Ystrly]

interesting letters and easy to pronounce I like the Rr letter

[@Albanian.C.n.R]

Albanian is officially one of the 10 hardest languages to learn.

[@abdrahmannn2828]

@@Albanian.C.n.R I really Agree

[@Mr.Nichan]

@@Albanian.C.n.R According to who? It's category IV on the US foreign service ministries ranking, but the lists I've seen that mark some of them as harder than others in their category don't mark Albanian. Of course, anyone lists "10 hardest languages to learn" is already greatly simplifying things because a) they're probably only considering some of the most common languages not all ca. 7000 currently spoken, and b) the most important factor in determining language difficulty is the native language of the learner. The US foreign service list, for example, is SPECIFICALLY based on research on English speakers who learned other languages because most of the people who work for the US foreign service are English speakers. Albanian IS distantly related to English and has also borrowed vocabulary from Latin and Greek (like English), so English speakers already have at least a slight advantage over, say, Chinese speakers. Also, I personally think that most Indo-European languages (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages) are more intrinsically more complicated than most languages because of their irregular and "fusional" morphology which means that each word has a huge number of different forms that are not the result of simple affixing. English is mostly an exception to this, but in Albanian nouns are marked for 4-7 cases, 3 genders, and sometimes 2 definitenesses, and, unlike in many non-IE languages, it's not just a matter of sticking on an affix for each thing separately: the endings of words morph in complex ways (like Spanish verbs). For these reasons I can see how Albanian would be higher on a list of difficulty for anyone and not just English speakers or Europeans, but at the same time, I doubt that the list you saw was considering languages like Navajo or !Xóõ.

[@valley6824]

@@Mr.Nichan Albanian is not a famous language. People are not really interested on learning our language so that's why it isn't even considered for ranking. I can assure you that Albanian is one of the hardest languages to learn. Don't flatter yourself.

[@Mr.Nichan]

I don't know if it was category IV (hardest), when I wrote that, but now the US Foreign Service Institute calls it rank III (second hardest). I also don't know what the "US foreign service MINISTRIES" are.

[@yilingpatriarch31]

Hm , that Gj is softer than g in giraffe owo its same like polish dź

[@SextonSounds]

so that E with dots is silent most of the time?

[@bz2397]

John Smith we say 'e' without sound

[@Albanian.C.n.R]

Ë It's like the english sound *the* / *thë*

[@irismatijas2589]

When it's at the end it's silent, but in the middle or at the beginning it's read as /ə/ (schwa).

[@TamaraMarkovic1205]

Great lesson. Keep up the good work

[@gianich73]

Faleminderitt. Une po mensuaj shume.

[@Pironjani]

***** if it was for a need, I think all people should learn english and let the other languages die. But it's not about need, it's about culture. However, if you want a reason to learn albanian, I think the gramar and the beautiful sound of this language can be a reason. The music also is great!

[@Pironjani]

***** I am albanian too. Myself, I do somethig because I love it. If I like a language, I will learn it even if it's a dead language. I wana remember you that one time the greek, and the latin language were languages that you "needed" to speak, now the latin is almost a dead language, and the greek is spoken by about 13 milion people. And in a close future there will be no need of learning a foreign language cuz you will have softwares that will translate in real time, so...

[@aMomentNYC]

+Gian Inchauspe It was good trying to write in Albanian and it's normal to make mistake when you learn a foreign language. If you need to move forward with a Native Albanian teacher you can contact us at: www.learn-albanian.com Thank you.

[@shopkinlovershopkinlover3335]

+Gaman Games same I'm albanian

[@magda18]

Do a video of the most common words in Albanian, please:)

[@maxinemorgan5107]

This really helped me!

[@LlokumiNY]

Very helpful! Great video lesson.

[@gusssanchez5188]

Interesting seeing another language using the same R pronunciation like in English!

[@veeeen]

faleminderit!!

[@nikolaangelov3888]

faleminderit shumë

[@veeeen]

@@nikolaangelov3888 po!!

[@विवानकुमार-श8त]

amazing alphabet sounds are similar to Hindi no other language has this type of sound in Europe except Albanian

[@Albanian.C.n.R]

Speak Albanian Language of Gods,

[@kadiroruc473]

Thank you very much. Video was very beneficial.

[@gabriellavarga8742]

I want to learn to be able to sing the songs of Elvana Gjata

[@33km]

As I can hear, there is no difference between Q and Ç and between Xh and Gj, right?

[@EdgeRatedR007]

In what universe does "Q" sound like hot year?

[@servantofaeie1569]

yea exactly do they mean /ˀt.j/

[@flyingunikittyspoopattack6441]

Z In Chains I think they meant it if you put the ty together. It's not really accurate, but I think it's the best they could do. This sound is difficult to find in English.

[@agapiosbadr5353]

In Arabic we say "çhay" about tea also, nice.

[@user-oi5dq4yv3b]

All Balkan countries say tea like that

[@kadiroruc473]

Really, in Turkish we also say “çay” for tea just like Albanians.

[@MrKastro65]

Actually dad in Albanian is ATE but some still use Turkish words though they have their own

[@gazmendhajzeri3237]

how do you pronounce it?

[@angelokodra7740]

Save the Queen Atë (ah-tuh)

[@Myguyoverpowered]

I like this vedo

[@leannsgalaxy3469]

Lol that's my Albanian teacher that is saying it

[@LearnAlbanianOnline]

Check my channel :D

[@87Sakica]

Learn Albanian

[@dejpop]

petar thanks you

[@kim-wardchase759]

Learn Albanian Language Good job pronouncing, but the closed captions (CC) are kinda crooked. :)

[@zaheraskar9883]

Thank you

[@yilingpatriarch31]

Oh im surprised cuz most of letter sounds like in my language :3 nice

[@slayer2.059]

big up this video the ç and q sound almost the same

[@sandranadir5741]

Thank u

[@saulgoodmanKAZAKH]

Aj figërd dhat it vud bi intërësting tu rajt Inglish vidh Albejniën lletërs. Aj gjess that it vud help sam pipël tu lërn it fastër.

[@esma_55]

Dhat* because th is said like "thick"

[@saulgoodmanKAZAKH]

@@esma_55 nice catch.

[@Nezotsky]

Don Xhoni will be proud

[@Phillipines22H2]

Perfect

[@anak4600]

can't spell all the letters 😢.i'm the only one?

[@LearnAlbanianOnline]

Check my channel and you will learn how to pronounce them correctly! :)

[@anak4600]

oh ok thank you i'm gonna check for the spelling video go further😊

[@remutroblous4453]

Which ones are a problem to you

[@warriorrcatsarecoolaj1670]

I'm Albanian o3o idk how too spell Albanian worlds though because I'm born in America :3

[@Fisnikut]

Being born in America has not helped you to learn proper English. Your sentence must be written like this: I'm an Albanian. I do not know how to spell Albanian words though, because I was born in America.

[@AndreiChichizola]

That's too sad

[@valley6824]

This happens when your mind is all day on Instagram and Social Media. You are not an Albanian if you can't speak the language. It doesn't matter if your parents are Albanians. The Language is very important.

[@yilingpatriarch31]

Lul, flet means flute in my language :D

[@nitzebica459]

I'm Albanian

[@fixacar7960]

It's not "Mama" but it's "Nëna"! And you also should know that the letter "ë" it's never silent

[@arrore]

what are you saying? ë is almost always silent in standard albanian. unless you are from very southern regions of Albania, you will never pronounce this letter at the end of words. And that is the way it is going to be. Personally, pronouncing this letter at the end of words is not natural in albanian and it makes it sound like iranian sometimes.

[@MarjetaKasa]

ITS MAMI AND MAMA NOT NËNA

[@Andreas-jm7gn]

Really, there's no W in the Albanian Language?

[@AiKuksiani]

No

[@Andreas-jm7gn]

And that means? "Yes there is a w" or "no, there is no w indeed"?

[@AiKuksiani]

no w isnt in the alphabet.. in case of places with W we spell U , ex : Wells we spell and write Uells..

[@nigga6450]

Andreas We never use the W in our lagnauge

[@bz2397]

We have w but in the albanian alphabet it is just the 'v' which is equally pronounced

[@kelvibulku9902]

He pronounces q as ç

[@kelvibulku9902]

DownFlex 'Ch' is ç! Qen, he said chyen

[@kelvibulku9902]

DownFlex Where are you from?

[@kelvibulku9902]

DownFlex Albania

[@kelvibulku9902]

Gazmir Feimi I'm from Tirana. In north of Albania, Shkodra for example, they use k instead of q on many words

[@arditmeti8193]

I am from shkoder

[@nice2334]

uuyu

[@stefanpierick7684]

a b c cw d dw e ew f g gw h i j k l lw m n nw o p q r rw s sw t tw u v x xw y z zw

[@FlamuriHp]

LOL

[@ArkaTaurus94]

SERBIA IS ALBANIA!

[@Fisnikut]

Ultras, ai nuk e ka fyer SHqipërinë, thjesht tregon pak shovinizëm virtual shqiptar. Ti ndihesh i fyer si të ishte serb, por komentin e ke bërë shqip.

[@nigga6450]

ArkaTaurus94 So we're fine until you send your boys in Kosovo again eh?

[@AndreiChichizola]

Lol Serbia is a totally different country. Kosovo might "be" Albania, but Serbia is not

[@markojovic7858]

KOSOVO IS SERBIA!

[@spanishclubs1927]

Marko Jovic rropt e tua rropqir

[@switch2745]

And you have no life

[@namename9874]

boi I’m am going to slap you

[@angelokodra7740]

Fuck off. Why do Serbs have to be so fucking annoying?