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The Albanian language

Albanian was proven to be an Indo-European language in 1854 by the German philologist Franz Bopp. The Albanian language comprises its own branch of the Indo-European language family.

Some scholars believe that Albanian derives from Illyrian while others, claim that it derives from Daco-Thracian.

Establishing longer relations, Albanian is often compared to Balto-Slavic on the one hand and Germanic on the other, both of which share a number of isoglosses with Albanian. Moreover, Albanian has undergone a vowel shift in which stressed, long o has fallen to a, much like in the former and opposite the latter. Likewise, Albanian has taken the old relative jos and innovatively used it exclusively to qualify adjectives, much in the way Balto-Slavic has used this word to provide the definite ending of adjectives.

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What satisfied customers say about the Pimsleur ALBANIAN audios:

A good starter for learning Albanian
If you're looking for a way to pick up a few words and get started in a new language, Pimsleur can't be beat. Albanian is different enough from, say, Spanish, that it takes some work to pick up structures that come easier with Western European languages. Still, this is a good start and it's fun to have had your first conversation, however small, only an hour or so in. Though I did need to listen twice to disc 1 for my start.

Warning: if you want to be fluent in Albanian, it's going to take more than this. But if you want to make a start and feel like learning Albanian might be possible, it's a good program and at a great price (comparable sets used to be around $100 for unusual languages). -- G. Barto, Los Gatos, CA, USA

Very good starter method for Albanian, though too short
The Pimsleur method delivers material that works very well with human memory. The Albanian method is no exception. I highly recommend it to everyone starting this unusual language. The method is the same whether in tapes (chepaest if you find them used), CDs, or audios. Pimsleur has only done a brief Albanian method, so this product teaches you how to count (very well) and a few basic items but does not get into noun conjugations and other important things. Hopefully they will augment it someday. -- H. Abadzi, Alexandria, VA USA