# Listen in 28 languages, in a male or a female voice Canonical: https://rootsalbania.com/languages Published: 15 September 2026 Every one of the 211 places in Roots Albania has its audio stories in 28 languages, with a male and a female voice in each, and no account is needed to listen. The 28 are Albanian, Arabic, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Macedonian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian. All ten cities are in every language. ## Which 28 languages does Roots Albania have? The 28 in the table, each with its language code. No language has a shorter list of places than another. **The 28 languages and their codes** | Language | Code | | --- | --- | | Albanian | sq | | Arabic | ar | | Bulgarian | bg | | Chinese | zh | | Croatian | hr | | Czech | cs | | Danish | da | | Dutch | nl | | English | en | | Finnish | fi | | French | fr | | German | de | | Greek | el | | Hebrew | he | | Hungarian | hu | | Italian | it | | Japanese | ja | | Macedonian | mk | | Norwegian | nb | | Polish | pl | | Portuguese | pt | | Romanian | ro | | Russian | ru | | Serbian | sr | | Spanish | es | | Swedish | sv | | Turkish | tr | | Ukrainian | uk | ## Is Roots Albania in Italian, German or Polish? Yes. Italian, German and Polish are three of the 28 languages, and each has both stories for all 211 places in both voices, like the other 25. ## Is Roots Albania in Albanian? Yes. All 211 places have their stories in Albanian, in a male and a female voice. The code for Albanian is sq. ## Is Roots Albania in Hebrew and Arabic? Yes. Hebrew and Arabic are both among the 28 languages, and the app lays its screens out from right to left when you pick one of them. ## Can I choose a male or a female voice? Yes. Every story exists in a male and a female voice in every language, and the app plays the one you choose. ## How do I change the language? Pick the language in the app's settings, and the stories you play after that are in that language. The [events and activities](https://rootsalbania.com/events-and-activities) lists follow the same setting. --- **In full** How complete each language is, when Hebrew was added, and which codes the page uses. ## How complete is each language? Complete in every one. For each of the 28 languages the catalogue holds 844 audio files: an introduction and a deeper story for each of the 211 places, each in a male and a female voice. That is 23,632 audio files across the 28 languages, counted on 12 September 2026, with no file missing. ## When was Hebrew added? Hebrew is the newest of the 28 languages. It was added to the app on 6 August 2026 and has both stories for all 211 places in both voices. Before that the app had 27 languages. ## Which language codes does this page use? The standard BCP 47 codes that browsers and apps use: sq for Albanian, nb for Norwegian and he for Hebrew, and the two letter code of each of the other 25 languages, as in the table above. ## Roots Albania in short - 211 places across 10 Albanian cities - 10 cities, each with its own map of places - 28 languages - 2 stories for every place: a short introduction and a story of about six minutes - No account - Download a city's audio, then it plays without a connection - The stories are written by local people Get the app on the [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6761542889) for iPhone and on [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootsalbania.app) for Android. Roots Albania for iOS and Android is made by ROOTS SHPK, Rruga Zef Jubani, Nd. 4, H. 1, Ap. 3, Njësia Administrative Nr. 5, 1000 Tiranë, Albania, NUIS M61803028A, D-U-N-S 631176123, +355 69 443 8348, hello@rootsalbania.com, [roots-shpk.com](https://roots-shpk.com) and [rootsearth.com](https://rootsearth.com). ## More from Roots Albania - [All ten cities](https://rootsalbania.com/cities): every city with its places, from Tirana with 39 to Kruja with 10. - [What Roots Albania is](https://rootsalbania.com/app): the app in one page: 211 places, ten cities, 28 languages, how it works. - [Questions travellers ask](https://rootsalbania.com/faq): the cities, the languages, the account, listening without a connection. - [Events and activities](https://rootsalbania.com/events-and-activities): what is on in the city, and things to do you arrange with the provider. - [About Roots Albania](https://rootsalbania.com/about): ROOTS SHPK in Tirana, and the company details. - [Press and facts](https://rootsalbania.com/press): the fact sheet, the logo files, the store links and the contact address. - [Comparisons](https://rootsalbania.com/compare): Roots Albania and eight other apps, the facts of each side by side.