[mk_page_section layout_structure=”full” bg_color=”#127356″ attachment=”scroll” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”repeat” bg_stretch=”true” parallax=”false” parallax_direction=”vertical” bg_video=”no” expandable=”false” mask=”false” mask_opacity=”0.6″ expandable_icon=”mk-theme-icon-plus” expandable_icon_size=”16″ expandable_txt_align=”left” expandable_txt_size=”16″ padding=”20″ full_height=”false” full_width=”true” intro_effect=”false”][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ font_color=”#ffffff”][mk_font_icons icon=”mk-icon-comment-o” style=”custom” size=”xx-large” remove_frame=”true” border_width=”2″ padding_horizental=”4″ padding_vertical=”0″ align=”right” color=”#ffffff”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][mk_fancy_title style=”avantgarde” corner_style=”pointed” tag_name=”h1″ border_width=”3″ size=”70″ line_height=”90″ color=”#ffffff” font_weight=”inherit” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ align=”center” responsive_align=”center”]Learn Albanian[/mk_fancy_title][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″][mk_image src=”http://www.thebestlanguagetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Albania-Flag.png” image_width=”140″ image_height=”140″ crop=”true” hover=”false” circular=”false” hover_style=”style1″ lightbox_ifarme=”false” target=”_self” align=”left” group=”_general” margin_bottom=”10″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”full” bg_color=”#eae0d5″ attachment=”scroll” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”repeat” bg_stretch=”false” parallax=”false” parallax_direction=”vertical” bg_video=”no” mask=”false” mask_opacity=”0.6″ expandable=”false” padding=”20″ full_height=”false” full_width=”false” expandable_txt=”CLICK HERE FOR FACTS & FIGURES” expandable_icon=”mk-theme-icon-plus” expandable_icon_size=”50″ expandable_txt_align=”left” expandable_txt_size=”30″ intro_effect=”false”][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][mk_fancy_title style=”simple” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”5″ size=”14″ line_height=”24″ color=”#000000″ font_weight=”bold” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_bottom=”10″ align=”left”]COUNTRIES WHERE IT IS SPOKEN[/mk_fancy_title][mk_image src=”http://www.thebestlanguagetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/afrikaans.jpg” image_width=”500″ image_height=”400″ crop=”false” hover=”true” target=”_self” align=”left” margin_bottom=”10″ circular=”true” hover_style=”style2″ lightbox_ifarme=”false” group=”_general”][vc_column_text]SOUTH AFRICA, NAMIBIA[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][mk_fancy_title style=”simple” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”5″ size=”14″ line_height=”24″ color=”#000000″ font_weight=”bold” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_bottom=”10″ align=”left”]FACTS & FIGURES[/mk_fancy_title][mk_font_icons icon=”icon-user” style=”default” size=”small” remove_frame=”false” padding_horizental=”4″ padding_vertical=”4″ align=”none”][vc_column_text responsive_align=”center”]NATIVE SPEAKERS:
2.8 Million[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][mk_padding_divider size=”34″][mk_font_icons icon=”icon-users” style=”default” size=”small” remove_frame=”false” padding_horizental=”4″ padding_vertical=”4″ align=”none”][vc_column_text responsive_align=”center”]TOTAL SPEAKERS:
7.4 Million[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][mk_padding_divider size=”34″][mk_font_icons icon=”icon-sitemap” style=”default” size=”small” remove_frame=”false” padding_horizental=”4″ padding_vertical=”4″ align=”none”][vc_column_text]LANGUAGE FAMILY:
Indo-European[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][mk_padding_divider size=”34″][mk_font_icons icon=”icon-pencil” style=”default” size=”small” remove_frame=”false” padding_horizental=”4″ padding_vertical=”4″ align=”none”][vc_column_text responsive_align=”center”]WRITING SYSTEM:
Latin Alphabet[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/6″][mk_fancy_title style=”simple” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”5″ size=”14″ line_height=”14″ color=”#000000″ font_weight=”bold” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_bottom=”10″ align=”left”]DIFFICULTY RATING[/mk_fancy_title][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][mk_skill_meter title=”GRAMMAR” percent=”50″ color=”#127356″ height=”17″ title_color=”#777777″ track_bar_color=”#ffffff” progress_bar_color=”#dd9933″][mk_skill_meter title=”PRONUNCIATION” percent=”50″ color=”#db8523″ height=”17″ title_color=”#777777″ progress_bar_color=”#dd9933″ track_bar_color=”#eeeeee”][mk_skill_meter title=”GRAMMAR” percent=”50″ color=”#db8523″ height=”17″ title_color=”#777777″ progress_bar_color=”#dd9933″ track_bar_color=”#eeeeee”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”full” attachment=”scroll” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”repeat” bg_stretch=”false” parallax=”false” parallax_direction=”vertical” bg_video=”no” mask=”false” mask_opacity=”0.6″ expandable=”false” padding=”20″ full_height=”false” full_width=”false” bg_color=”#0b6184″ expandable_icon=”mk-theme-icon-plus” expandable_icon_size=”16″ expandable_txt_align=”left” expandable_txt_size=”16″ intro_effect=”false”][vc_column width=”2/3″][mk_fancy_title style=”stroke” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”5″ size=”31″ line_height=”60″ color=”#ffffff” font_weight=”bold” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_bottom=”40″ align=”left” animation=”scale-up” corner_style=”pointed” margin_top=”10″ responsive_align=”center”]REASONS TO LEARN ALBANIAN[/mk_fancy_title][mk_fancy_text color=”#ffffff” highlight_color=”#0b6184″ highlight_opacity=”0.3″ size=”18″ line_height=”34″ font_weight=”inherit” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”left”]
- Albania was chosen as the best country to visit by Lonely Planet’s in 2011. The Albanian language is certainly going to be a useful one.
[/mk_fancy_text][mk_fancy_text color=”#ffffff” highlight_color=”#0b6184″ highlight_opacity=”0.3″ size=”18″ line_height=”34″ font_weight=”inherit” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”left”]One could very well be in demand for learning the language. Free market reforms have recently opened the country up to investment from foreign businesses, particularly towards the energy development and transport markets. It is a great time to explore business opportunities in Albania[/mk_fancy_text][mk_fancy_text color=”#ffffff” highlight_color=”#0b6184″ highlight_opacity=”0.3″ size=”18″ line_height=”34″ font_weight=”inherit” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”18″ font_family=”none” align=”left”]The language is also spoken in some parts of Germany, UK, Scandinavia, Switzerland, Turkey.[/mk_fancy_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][mk_padding_divider size=”40″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/1″][mk_image src=”http://www.thebestlanguagetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ADSENSE-300×350-RECT.png” image_width=”300″ image_height=”250″ crop=”true” hover=”false” circular=”false” hover_style=”style1″ lightbox_ifarme=”false” target=”_self” align=”left” group=”_general” margin_bottom=”10″][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”full” bg_image=”http://www.thebestlanguagetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Coarse-Weave-BG.jpg” attachment=”fixed” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”repeat” bg_stretch=”false” parallax=”false” parallax_direction=”vertical” bg_video=”no” expandable=”false” mask=”false” mask_opacity=”0.6″ expandable_icon=”mk-theme-icon-plus” expandable_icon_size=”16″ expandable_txt_align=”left” expandable_txt_size=”16″ padding=”20″ full_height=”false” full_width=”false” intro_effect=”false”][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_fancy_title style=”stroke” corner_style=”full_rounded” tag_name=”h2″ border_width=”3″ size=”40″ line_height=”60″ color=”#0b6184″ font_weight=”inherit” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_top=”30″ margin_bottom=”50″ align=”center” responsive_align=”center” animation=”forthy-five-rotate”]Best Ways to Learn Albanian[/mk_fancy_title][mk_animated_columns column_height=”403″ column_number=”5″ columns=”19756,19686,19689,19765,19768″ order=”ASC” orderby=”date” style=”full” icon_size=”48″ animation=”scale-up” bg_color=”#e86141″ bg_hover_color=”#eae0d5″ icon_color=”#ffffff” icon_hover_color=”#127356″ txt_color=”#ffffff” txt_hover_color=”#127356″ btn_hover_color=”#ffffff” btn_color=”#0b6184″][mk_padding_divider size=”30″][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”full” attachment=”fixed” bg_position=”center top” bg_repeat=”repeat” bg_stretch=”true” parallax=”false” parallax_direction=”vertical” bg_video=”no” mask=”false” mask_opacity=”0.8″ expandable=”false” padding=”0″ full_height=”false” full_width=”false” expandable_icon=”mk-theme-icon-plus” expandable_icon_size=”16″ expandable_txt_align=”left” expandable_txt_size=”16″ intro_effect=”false” bg_color=”#127356″][vc_column width=”1/2″][mk_fancy_title style=”stroke” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”5″ size=”31″ line_height=”60″ color=”#ffffff” font_weight=”bold” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_bottom=”20″ align=”left” animation=”scale-up” corner_style=”pointed” margin_top=”30″ responsive_align=”center” border_color=”#ffffff”]WHAT’S EASY?[/mk_fancy_title][mk_custom_list style=”f164″ icon_color=”#ffffff” margin_bottom=”30″]
- VeThe Albanian language is similar to English in its sentence construction.ructured grammatical system
- The language follows a very typical Subject – Verb – Object construction (SVO).
- Afrikaans doesn’t express perfect and pluperfect tenses of verbs – I have eaten, I had eaten etc.. Meaning less to learn when talking of the past.
- Nouns in Afrikaans have no gender. Adjectives are often the words that are inflected.
- Same alphabet as English with 26 letters.
[/mk_custom_list][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][mk_fancy_title style=”stroke” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”5″ size=”31″ line_height=”60″ color=”#ffffff” font_weight=”bold” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_bottom=”20″ align=”left” animation=”scale-up” corner_style=”pointed” margin_top=”30″ responsive_align=”center” border_color=”#ffffff”]WHAT’S CHALLENGING?[/mk_fancy_title][mk_custom_list style=”f0c2″ icon_color=”#ffffff” margin_bottom=”30″]
- Words in the Afrikaans language can at times be particularly long due to the compounding nature of the language
- The Afrikaans “g” sound (similar to the ‘ch’ sound in the Scottish word “loch”) is an unfamiliar sound to English speakers and can take some time to perfect.
- Uses the STOMPI rule for sentence structure. (Subject, (First Verb), Time, Object, Manner, Place, (Second verb), Infinitive) A very helpful rule to get grammatical order correct, but different from English construction.
[/mk_custom_list][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][vc_row fullwidth=”false” attached=”false” padding=”0″][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1419167796129{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][mk_fancy_title style=”stroke” corner_style=”full_rounded” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”3″ size=”30″ line_height=”50″ color=”#0b6184″ font_weight=”inherit” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_top=”50″ margin_bottom=”45″ align=”left” responsive_align=”center” animation=”flip-y”]What does Afrikaans Sound Like?[/mk_fancy_title][vc_video title=”Wikitongue Video” link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_8snLihxWs”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1419167817762{background-color: #ffffff !important;}”][mk_fancy_title style=”stroke” corner_style=”full_rounded” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”3″ size=”30″ line_height=”50″ color=”#0b6184″ font_weight=”inherit” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_top=”50″ align=”left” responsive_align=”center” animation=”flip-y” margin_bottom=”45″]What does Afrikaans Look Like?[/mk_fancy_title][mk_image_box media_type=”image” autoplay=”false” video_host=”self_hosted” video_host_social=”social_hosted_youtube” src=”http://www.thebestlanguagetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/afrikaans1.jpg” media_width=”500″ media_height=”248″ crop=”true” image_link=”lightbox” target=”_self” align=”center” title_font_weight=”inherit” rounded_corner=”false” border_color=”#eeeeee” title_text_transform=”none” title=”Afrikaans Newspaper” animation=”scale-up”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_padding_divider size=”50″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row fullwidth=”true” attached=”false” padding=”0″][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_image src=”http://www.thebestlanguagetolearn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/ADSENSE-970×90.png” image_width=”970″ image_height=”90″ crop=”true” hover=”false” circular=”false” hover_style=”style1″ lightbox_ifarme=”false” target=”_self” align=”center” margin_bottom=”30″][/vc_column][/vc_row][mk_page_section layout_structure=”full” bg_color=”#eae0d5″ attachment=”scroll” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”repeat” bg_stretch=”false” parallax=”false” parallax_direction=”vertical” bg_video=”no” expandable=”false” mask=”false” mask_opacity=”0.6″ expandable_icon=”mk-theme-icon-plus” expandable_icon_size=”16″ expandable_txt_align=”left” expandable_txt_size=”16″ padding=”20″ full_height=”false” full_width=”false” intro_effect=”false”][vc_column width=”1/1″][mk_fancy_title style=”stroke” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”5″ size=”31″ line_height=”60″ color=”#000000″ font_weight=”bold” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_bottom=”40″ align=”center” animation=”bottom-to-top” corner_style=”pointed” margin_top=”10″ responsive_align=”center” border_color=”#000000″]INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT AFRIKAANS[/mk_fancy_title][mk_testimonials style=”modern” count=”4″ testimonials=”19805,19807,19809,19811″ font_family=”none” font_size=”14″ line_height=”26″ skin=”dark” order=”DESC” orderby=”date” animation_effect=”slide” font_color=”#000000″ animation=”scale-up”][/vc_column][/mk_page_section][mk_page_section layout_structure=”full” bg_color=”#e86141″ attachment=”scroll” bg_position=”left top” bg_repeat=”repeat” bg_stretch=”true” parallax=”false” parallax_direction=”vertical” bg_video=”no” expandable=”false” mask=”false” mask_opacity=”0.6″ expandable_icon=”mk-theme-icon-plus” expandable_icon_size=”16″ expandable_txt_align=”left” expandable_txt_size=”16″ padding=”20″ full_height=”false” full_width=”true” intro_effect=”false”][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][mk_fancy_title style=”stroke” corner_style=”full_rounded” tag_name=”h3″ border_width=”3″ size=”30″ line_height=”50″ color=”#ffffff” font_weight=”inherit” letter_spacing=”0″ font_family=”none” margin_top=”50″ margin_bottom=”45″ align=”center” responsive_align=”center” animation=”flip-y”]Source Links[/mk_fancy_title][mk_custom_list style=”f14c” icon_color=”#ffffff” margin_bottom=”30″ animation=”left-to-right”]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikaans
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http://www.effectivelanguagelearning.com/language-guide/afrikaans-language
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http://www.alsintl.com/resources/languages/Afrikaans/
[/mk_custom_list][mk_message_box type=”generic” style=”rounded” icon=”mk-li-star” box_color=”#e86141″ border_color=”#eae0d5″ content_color=”#ffffff”]Overall an excellent choice for beginners to learning a second language. Straightforward grammar, no major pronunciation issues or new sounds.
A relatively easy language to learn with excellent resources for learning and ample opportunities to utilise and gain benefit from its use.[/mk_message_box][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][/vc_column][/mk_page_section]