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Albanian vs Croatian


Croatian vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
9  
7

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.
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  • 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

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
660,000.00  
31

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
100,000.00  
28
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
Not Available  
89.00 %  
1

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  

History

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  
23  
19

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Albanian and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Croatian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Croatian Language History.

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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.

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