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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.
    •   

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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