Albanian is spoken in Albania and in various parts of the Balkans where there is a huge Albanian population, for example in Kosovo.
What to expect when studying Albanian: no idea, I haven't learned Bengali yet. Please tell me your experiences with it and any tips you can give, so that others can benefit from it.
Learn Albanian online and for free:
Online course
Professional (paid) translations from/to Albanian
Grammar
Good materials for studying Albanian offline, from Amazon:
Albanian-English-Albanian
dictionary
Albanian course: Pimsleur Program
Colloquial Albanian
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Misc resources, particularly for intermediate and advanced students
of Albanian:
Test
your knowledge of Albanian
Tongue twisters in Albanian