Albanian alphabet

The Albanian alphabet consists of 7 vowels and 29 consonants. 9 of the consonants are however consonant combinations, but they are pronounced together as one sound. The thing about Albanian is that as the grammar might be hard, it is very easy to speak because all the letters are pronounced, and pronounced the same way, and there is no silent letters (ë is however almost silent when in end of sentence). As I will show you, the pronounciation is also very similar to the one in Norwegian; there are at most only 2 vowels and 11 consonants that differ at all.

First the alphabet, followed by equivalent in English and an Albanian example.

vowels:

a = father = bar' (grass)

e = set = lejlek (stork)

ë = hurt = hë'në (moon)

i = see = liri' (freedom)

o = more = o'rë (hour)

u = put = puth (kiss)

y = as in French une = py'kë (peg)

consonants:

b = book = bu'kë (bread)

c = pizza = ce'kët (shallow)

ç = check = cora''pe (socks)

d = dear = dru (wood)

dh = this = dhe (earth)

f = free = fus (to put in)

g = go = grup (group)

gj = judge = gji'the ()

h = heart = hap (to open)

j = year = josh! (to attack)

k = kiss = kaloj (to pass)

l = left = lu'aj (to move)

ll = ball = pa'lle (sword)

m = make = pe'më (tree)

n = noon = nis (to begin)

nj = news = njoh (to know)

p = pray = pres (to wait)

q = cheese = qu'aj (to call)

r = room = rendor (ordinal)

rr = borrow = bu'rre (man)

s = silk = su'pe (soup)

sh = sheep = shi'fër (cipher)

t = toy = tullac' (bald)

th = thief = thi'the (nipple)

v = van = vaj'zë (girl)

x = ads = xunkth (rush)

xh = jaw = xhep (pocket)

z = zone = zor (difficulty)

zh = vision = zhur'më (noise)

Now here is the Albanian letters that differs from the Norwegian alphabet in pronounciation:

Albanian - Norwegian

vowels:

e = ø

o = å (is both o and å actually)

consonants:

c = ts

ç = tj (not in Norwegian langauge)

dh = th*

gj = dj

ll = l (similar)

g = tj

rr = rr*

th = th*

x = ds

xh = dj

zh = sj

*this sound is not used in Norwegian. However, most are familiar with it through English.