Ich spreche Englisch als Muttersprache (spreche auch Spanisch) und ziehe bald in ein albanischsprachiges Gebiet. Ich werde eine Sprachausbildung absolvieren, aber ich frage mich, was Albanisch scheinbar so schwierig macht wie eine Sprache wie Nepali oder Dari? Die meisten Sprachen in dieser Liste haben ein anderes Alphabet (wie Bulgarisch) oder sind nicht einmal eine indogermanische Sprache (wie Mongolisch). Es wirkt ein wenig einschüchternd!
Helfen Spanischkenntnisse in irgendeiner Weise? Ich habe gelesen, dass es viele lateinische Lehnwörter gibt.
Ich frage mich, wie weit ich mit einem intensiven 3-monatigen (viel weniger als die geschätzten 44 Wochen) Albanisch-Sprachtraining kommen werde.
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Von Anuh_Mooruhdoon
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I’d dare to say that list is a bit outdated, especially regarding Albanian, its Latin alphabet, English influences on vocabulary, and its roughly similar phonetic sounds, which make it quite accessible to a native English speaker like yourself.
Also, if you immerse yourself in the country with an intensive course, you’ll pick it up in no time! People there love English, so you’ll find plenty of willing locals happy to help you along the way.
I also have trouble believing it’s as tough as Nepali or Dari. It ultimately is indo European and as you say has the same alphabet more or less. It also reads like it is written which is a bonus. The toughest part would be the verb tenses and moods (kallzore etc) but you can get away without using them all. Good luck!
Spanish is very easy to learn from Albanian, but not so much the other way around. There’s tons of Latin loanwords but unless it’s recent terminology, the “normal” loaned words are more than 1000 years old and look nothing alike, from the other end.
Albanian it’s not super hard to learn, but I think with interactions it’s easier
It’s easy you’ll do great:)
From ChatGPT regarding Albanian Language
. Key Challenges
• Unique Grammar: Albanian has a complex grammatical structure, including cases (five noun cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative), which are uncommon in many languages English speakers are familiar with.
• Verb Conjugations: Verbs change depending on tense, mood, aspect, and subject, and there are many irregular verbs.
• Vocabulary: Albanian has little overlap with English or other Indo-European languages, meaning many words are completely unfamiliar.
• Dialect Differences: The two main dialects, Gheg and Tosk, can present challenges depending on which one you are learning. Standard Albanian is based on Tosk.
I am a Greek-Albanian who has started learning Albanian in his early 30’s. I speak Greek, English, German and French fluently. I also speak Russian and Turkish at a beginner level. Albanian is by far the most difficult of all languages I have tried to learn. Even when compared to Russian.
Yes.
Yes, it is quite difficult to learn Albanian, especially for native English speakers. But, as others have said, it can be learned. I took a 2-year formal language learning program and 2-3 years of language immersion. Eventually, I spoke about a high school-level Albanian. But, be sure, Albanians will be impressed with any level of language you speak.
I think it’s very hard especially if you aren’t submerged in the language. I have bought several “courses” some good, some bad. They all differ so it’s hard to know if what I’m learning is correct. I wish I could find a college course for Albanian language.
44 weeks. That sounds like FSI.
You’ll be fine, exposure and constant interaction with it will help. Find things in Albanian constantly you like to watch/listen to…curiosity for a show is great (Albanians can attest this is way they learned italian/Spanish) and just watch everyday, practice things. Practice writing/speaking (make Albanian friend). Do not psyche yourself out in any way other than to learn.
If you take grammatical elements and other components of a language apart, Albanian language doesn’t have the hardest one to learn compared to other languages (5 noun cases, adjectives that change gender etc.), so you can learn them easily if you know how it works in Spanish.
But if you want to get really technical, I definitely think that Albanian is really really hard. It is highly irregular and you probably do not want to mess with verb tenses and moods. Even Albanians struggle sometimes with ‘dëshirore’ or ‘habitore’ moods. But if you want to learn Albanian just enough to communicate with others, you can learn it easily.
P.s.: Good luck with plurals, you are going to need it. 🤭
I’m trying to learn to speak Albanian but the hardest part for me isn’t to do with the language itself, it’s that there aren’t as many resources out there for learning it.