80/20 rule: with 20%% of our dictionary we cover 80%% of our needs.
Most of us use around 2,000 words/year, and not more than 200 words/day.
With this 3500-word dictionary you can easily satisfy any daily needs to communicate in Albanian. Albanian speaking people can use this dictionary as well, to find terms and words in English. American-Albanian families can use this as a tool to refresh their memory before they travel to Albania.
The selection of Albanian words has been made based on the studies of the University Of Perugia (Italy), ÒFjalori Drejtshkrimor i Gjuh‘s ShqipeÓ, and my own experience in teaching foreign languages at Tirana University (Albania), Worcester State College and Assumption College, in Worcester MA.