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Albanian and Croatian


Croatian and Albanian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
9   
7

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
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

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
3,400,000.00   
20
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Chakavian   

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

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

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Shtokavian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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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.

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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 Not Available 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.

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