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Albanian
Albanian

Croatian
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Countries

Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries

29
0 46
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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.
  • 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

-
Church Slavonic

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3630
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2925
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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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

3,400,000.00660,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tosk Albanian
Chakavian

Where They Speak

Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Croatia

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.005,500,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Arbëresh
Shtokavian

Where They Speak

Italy
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania

How Many People Speak

100,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

479
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.50 million89.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %89.00 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.10 million5.60 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.60 million1.25 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

shqip / gjuha shqipe
hrvatski

Alternative Names

Shqip
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

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Albanian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Albanian
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian

Language Position

1423
1 120
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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

sqi
hrv

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
-

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Albanian and Croatian Alphabets

Albanian and Croatian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Albanian and Croatian. In Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Croatian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Albanian and Croatian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Albanian and Croatian languages. The Albanian phonology consist Albanian vowels and Albanian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Albanian greetings vs Croatian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Albanian and Croatian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Albanian and Croatian 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 Albanian and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Albanian and Croatian Speaking population

Albanian and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Albanian and Croatian on Albanian vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Croatian Language Codes

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