About Albanian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Albanian is an Indo-European language. It is widely spoken by the Albanians living in the Balkans. The language is also spoken in the Albanian diaspora living in America, Europe, and Oceania. Albanian has almost 7.5 million speakers around the world. It has an independent branch within the Indo-European languages. Albanian is not similar to any other Indo-European language. The language belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. It has its specifics and is similar to Greek and Armenian. It doesn’t have any direct similarities with other languages of the same family. The new learners of Albanian say that it is hard to learn. The major reason behind it is that the language's words don't have many similarities to the English synonyms. This can make it hard to memorize.
About Afrikaans Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Afrikaans is a West Germanic language. The language is widely spoken in South Africa, Namibia. It is also spoken in Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe but it is a lesser spoken language in these countries. The Afrikaans language is also called Cape Dutch. It was developed by 17th-century Dutch. Afrikaans and English are the only languages that are the official languages of South Africa. Afrikaans is very similar to Dutch, but there are clear differences between the two. It differs from Standard Dutch and has a different sound system. Afrikaans was adopted in schools in 1914. It was also the official language in the Dutch Reformed Church in 1919. distinct Afrikaans literature also gained a lot of popularity in the 20th century. The translation of the Bible is also available in Afrikaans and it was first was published in 1933.
