Albanian (shqip [ʃcip], ama gjuha shqipe [ɟuha ʃcipɛ]) waa luqad ka mid ah qoysaska Indo-Yurub, oo ay ku dhex jirto laanta madaxbannaan. Waa luqad rasmi ah oo Albania iyo Kosovo ah oo leh asal tiro yar oo rasmi ah ee Talyaaniga, Romania, Montenegro, Serbia, Macedonia iyo kuwo kale. Luuqaddu waxay leedahay heer rasmi ah Ulcinj, koonfurta Montenegro. Albanian waxa kale oo ay ku hadlaan bulshooyinka waaweyn ee Albaniyan meelo ka mid ah Yurub, Ameerika iyo Australia. Labada luuqadood ee Albanian waa Gheg iyo Tosk. Gheg waxaa sida caadiga ah looga hadlaa waqooyiga, halka Tosk laga hadlayo koonfurta. Heerka Albaniyan wuxuu ku saleysan yahay lahjadda Tosk. Tirada dadka ku hadla afka Albaniga ee Balkaanku waxaa lagu qiyaasay in ay yihiin qiyaastii 5 milyan. Bulshooyinka qarniyaadka ah ee ku hadla afafka Albaaniyaanka ayaa laga heli karaa Croatia (Arbanasi), Giriiga (Arvanites iyo qaar ka mid ah bulshooyinka Epirus, Galbeedka Makedoniya iyo Western Thrace), Talyaaniga (Arbëreshë muhaajiriinta Talyaaniga) sidoo kale sida Romania iyo Ukraine. Waxaa sidoo kale jira qurba joog badan oo Albaniyan ah. shqip