阿尔巴尼亚语（Gjuha shqipe {IPA|/ˈɟuˌha ˈʃciˌpɛ/}} 或 Shqip [ʃcip]）属印欧语系。用户约五百万人，主要分布在阿尔巴尼亚、科索沃、马其顿以及希腊。其他东南欧国家如蒙特内格罗的阿尔巴尼亚族裔亦有使用。它有几种方言，之间有一些区别：Tosk，用于阿尔巴尼亚南部和中部以及在希腊西北部的阿尔巴尼亚少数群体中；Gheg（或Geg）使用于阿尔巴尼亚北部（包括首都地拉那）以及马其顿的阿尔巴尼亚人中。阿尔巴尼亚语可能主要来源于二千年前用于该地区的伊利里亚语，以及其他一些印欧语系的亚族中。

Albanian (shqip [ʃcip] or gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ], meaning Albanian language) is an Indo-European language spoken by five million people, primarily in Albania, Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, and Greece, but also in other areas of Southeastern Europe in which there is an Albanian population, including Montenegro and the Preševo Valley of Serbia. Centuries-old communities speaking Albanian-based dialects can be found scattered in Greece, southern Italy, Sicily, and Ukraine. As a result of a modern diaspora, there are also Albanian speakers elsewhere in those countries as well as in other parts of the world, including Austria, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, the Scandinavian countries, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Turkey.