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Croatian and Albanian


Albanian and Croatian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
    •   

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Romanian  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
hvala  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
kako si  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
laku noć  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
mirëmengjes  

Please
molim  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Me fal  

Bye
Doviđenja  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
Volim te  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Gheg Albanian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
1,800,000.00  
20

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
Not Available  

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
3.60 million  
31

Native Name
hrvatski  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Not Available  

French Name
croate  
albanais  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Albanians  

History

Origin
9th century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
23  
19
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
alb  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Croatian and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Croatian and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Croatian and Albanian Speaking population

Croatian and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Croatian and Albanian on Croatian vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Albanian Language Codes

Croatian and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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