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Arabic vs Croatian


Croatian vs Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
9  
7

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Austria  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
bok  

Thank You
شكرا  
hvala  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
kako si  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
laku noć  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
dobro jutro  

Please
من فضلك  
molim  

Sorry
آسف  
Oprostite  

Bye
وداعا  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
أحبك  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
3
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Hrvatski  

French Name
arabe  
croate  

German Name
Arabisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Croats  

History

Origin
512 CE  
9th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
North Arabic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
25  
21
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
ara  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
arab1395  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Arabic and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Croatian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Arabic and Croatian Language History.

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

Arabic vs Croatian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Croatian 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 Arabic and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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