Albanian is spoken by about 6 million people, mainly in Albania and Kosovo. There are 2 principal dialects: Gheg, the northern dialect, and Tosk, the southern dialect and official language of the Republic of Albania.
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The Foreign Service Institute has classified Albanian as a "Hard" language. It is estimated that learning Albanian to a Professional Working Proficiency in the language (a score of Speaking-3/Reading-3 on the Interagency Language Roundtable scale) will take an average of 44 weeks (1100 class hours).[1]
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Pimsleur offers a course in Albanian.
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- ↑ U.S. Department of State; FSI's Experience with Language Learning; https://www.state.gov/m/fsi/sls/c78549.htm