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Croatian vs Albanian


Albanian vs 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.
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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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Croatian and Albanian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Albanian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Albanian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD. 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 Croatian and Albanian Language History.

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Croatian and Albanian 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 Croatian and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Albanian language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Albanian Difficulty

The Croatian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Albanian 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 Croatian and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.

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