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/. :)
@@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.
@@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.
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.
***** 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!
***** 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...
+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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thank you for this, I had no idea that 'Xh'' was pronounced as 'J'! Very informative.
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.
*[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")
@@servantofaeie1569 Bruh niggas gone be shleepin on dis forreal
@@servantofaeie1569 where can we see this work of yours?
@@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/
@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.
as a maltese albanian letters is not difficult to pronounce. my friend learned albanian in one year in albania,
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
+Carlys You are right.
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/. :)
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.)
interesting letters and easy to pronounce I like the Rr letter
Albanian is officially one of the 10 hardest languages to learn.
@@Albanian.C.n.R I really Agree
@@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.
@@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.
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.
Faleminderitt. Une po mensuaj shume.
***** 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!
***** 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...
+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.
+Gaman Games same I'm albanian
Great lesson. Keep up the good work
This really helped me!
Xh
when he said jacket in Albanian.
That’s exactly how we say jacket in my language 😆
Do a video of the most common words in Albanian, please:)
Very helpful! Great video lesson.
Hm , that Gj is softer than g in giraffe owo its same like polish dź
so that E with dots is silent most of the time?
John Smith
we say 'e' without sound
Ë It's like the english sound *the* / *thë*
When it's at the end it's silent, but in the middle or at the beginning it's read as /ə/ (schwa).
Thank you very much. Video was very beneficial.
Interesting seeing another language using the same R pronunciation like in English!
faleminderit!!
faleminderit shumë
@@nikolaangelov3888 po!!
In Arabic we say "çhay" about tea also, nice.
All Balkan countries say tea like that
Really, in Turkish we also say “çay” for tea just like Albanians.
Actually dad in Albanian is ATE but some still use Turkish words though they have their own
how do you pronounce it?
Save the Queen Atë (ah-tuh)
I want to learn to be able to sing the songs of Elvana Gjata
In what universe does "Q" sound like hot year?
yea exactly do they mean /ˀt.j/
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.
Oh im surprised cuz most of letter sounds like in my language :3 nice
Thank you
amazing alphabet sounds are similar to Hindi no other language has this type of sound in Europe except Albanian
Speak Albanian
Language of Gods,
As I can hear, there is no difference between Q and Ç and between Xh and Gj, right?
Q seems softer like a tj
Learn Albanian Language Good job pronouncing, but the closed captions (CC) are kinda crooked. :)
I like this vedo
petar thanks you
Lol that's my Albanian teacher that is saying it
Check my channel :D
Learn Albanian
Thank u
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.
Dhat* because th is said like "thick"
@@esma_55 nice catch.
Don Xhoni will be proud
Perfect
big up this video the ç and q sound almost the same
can't spell all the letters 😢.i'm the only one?
Check my channel and you will learn how to pronounce them correctly! :)
oh ok thank you i'm gonna check for the spelling video go further😊
Which ones are a problem to you
Lul, flet means flute in my language :D
I'm Albanian o3o idk how too spell Albanian worlds though because I'm born in America :3
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.
That's too sad
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.
I'm Albanian
It's not "Mama" but it's "Nëna"! And you also should know that the letter "ë" it's never silent
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.
ITS MAMI AND MAMA NOT NËNA
Really, there's no W in the Albanian Language?
No
And that means? "Yes there is a w" or "no, there is no w indeed"?
no w isnt in the alphabet.. in case of places with W we spell U , ex : Wells we spell and write Uells..
Andreas We never use the W in our lagnauge
We have w but in the albanian alphabet it is just the 'v' which is equally pronounced
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
He pronounces q as ç
DownFlex 'Ch' is ç! Qen, he said chyen
DownFlex Where are you from?
DownFlex Albania
Gazmir Feimi I'm from Tirana. In north of Albania, Shkodra for example, they use k instead of q on many words
I am from shkoder
uuyu
LOL
SERBIA IS ALBANIA!
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.
ArkaTaurus94 So we're fine until you send your boys in Kosovo again eh?
Lol Serbia is a totally different country. Kosovo might "be" Albania, but Serbia is not
KOSOVO IS SERBIA!
Marko Jovic rropt e tua rropqir
And you have no life
boi I’m am going to slap you
Fuck off. Why do Serbs have to be so fucking annoying?