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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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