In Albanian, the writing and pronunciation correspond with each other.

There are two special characters:

• «ç» corresponds to 'tch' , e.g. 'match'
• «ë» corresponds to a closed 'e' similar to 'oyster' or the sound in Oi (ɔɪ) (BE)

Sounds, consisting of two letters:

• «dh» corresponds to 'th' (voiced), e.g. in 'they'
• «gj» is to be pronounced at the same time (simultaneously) «g+j»
• «g» like in 'garage'; «j» is pronounced like the «y» in 'year'
• «ll» corresponds to «l» , e.g. English 'bill'
• «nj» corresponds to the Spanisch letter «ñ» ('eh-nyeh'), e.g. in 'Señor'
• «rr» is pronounced like a rolling «r» (at least) double tonguing
• «sh» is similar to English «sh», it corresponds to 'sh' (unvoiced), e.g. 'shoe'
• «th» corresponds to the English «th» (unvoiced), e.g. 'thunder'
• «xh» is pronounced like a voiced «j» e.g. 'jeans'
• «zh» corresponds to the sound «sh» (voiced), e.g. 'garage'

Stressing

• In words ending on a vocal, the penultimate syllable is stressed
• Words ending on a consonant, the last syllable is stressed