How do I pronounce Albanian and practise my accent?

Albanian pronunciation is more approachable than it looks, because the alphabet is phonetic — once you learn the sound of each letter, spelling tells you how to say the word. The sounds worth spending early time on are the vowel ë, the letters ç and c (the "ch" and "ts" sounds), the pair q and gj (soft, palatal sounds with no exact English match), and the rolled rr.

The most reliable way to get these right is to hear them and imitate, then get feedback. Listening to real spoken Albanian trains your ear for rhythm and stress, and Shqipify's YouTube lessons are a free place to start.

To actually correct your accent, nothing beats a person who can hear you and point out what to adjust. That is what 1:1 tutoring with a native speaker is for — a tutor catches the habits you cannot hear yourself and helps you fix them early, before they set in.