Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Austria
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
bok
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
kako si
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
molim
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
89.00 million
  
18
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
albanais
  
croate
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Croats
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Albanian and Croatian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Croatian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Croatian Difficulty
The Albanian vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Croatian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.