Albaro Languages

The language services specialist in Albanian, Basque, Romanian, Balkan and Vlach (Romanian) Romany and Catalan

Welcome to Albaro Languages

ALBARO (the first two letters of the main languages in which I specialise: ALbanian, BAsque and ROmanian) is actually Chris Hughes, a linguist of over twenty five years’ standing, a native English speaker, specialising in translation and interpreting of Albanian, Romanian and Spanish and translation of Basque, Catalan, Dutch, Portuguese, Galician, Afrikaans, Balkan & Vlach (Romanian) Romany, Romansh (Rumantsch Grischun) and Esperanto. I also teach Romanian, Albanian and Basque to professional linguists.

I was awarded the MBE in June 2006 for Services to Language and am a member of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL number 26802).

Who knows where languages can take you? My language journey (so far…)

I think my love of languages and ultimately wanting to work with languages stemmed from primary school. I was fascinated with words, books, reading, writing – even punctuation and grammar … Continue reading Who knows where languages can take you? My language journey (so far…)

By chrislinguist 20th Aug 2021

Languages – Where to start and where will it ever end?

If someone had told my eight year-old native English-speaking self that there really wasn’t any point in learning other languages, I might just have taken them at their word, were … Continue reading Languages – Where to start and where will it ever end?

By chrislinguist 17th Jul 2020

Learning to speak the wrong way right – A Course in Modern G(h)eg Albanian

In early 2002, as conflict continued to rage in the southern Balkans, I was asked to design and teach a Kosovo Albanian dialect conversion course for recently graduated students of … Continue reading Learning to speak the wrong way right – A Course in Modern G(h)eg Albanian

By chrislinguist 12th Jun 202027th Jun 2020

Why are languages so fascinating? A language festival address

So why are languages so fascinating? Well, ever since the first time I went abroad (on a school exchange to France), I’ve enjoyed the ‘buzz’ of speaking to someone in … Continue reading Why are languages so fascinating? A language festival address

By chrislinguist 12th Jun 202027th Jun 2020

Playing with languages – from invention to reality

I love language. And I love learning languages. I’ve learnt 18 languages so far, and I can’t wait to learn the next one. There’s something exciting and thrilling about being … Continue reading Playing with languages – from invention to reality

Specialist Albanian, Basque, Romanian and Romany language services since 1995

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