How long does it take to learn Albanian?

It depends entirely on your goal. To reach professional, near-fluent proficiency, the Foreign Service Institute estimates about 1,100 hours of study for an English speaker. That is the target for working in the language, not for having a conversation on a trip.

For everyday conversational basics, the timeline is much shorter: most learners who practise 10–15 minutes a day can manage greetings, ordering, directions, and small talk within two to three months. The first hundred high-frequency words and a handful of present-tense verbs cover most of these early exchanges.

What matters most is consistency. Daily review does more than cramming, because vocabulary sticks through repeated, spaced exposure — which is what Shqipify's spaced-repetition flashcards are built for.