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English and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
33   
2

National Language
Austria   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Hello   

Thank You
hvala   
Thank you   

How Are You?
kako si   
How are you?   

Good Night
laku noć   
Good Night   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Good Morning   

Please
molim   
Please   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Sorry   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Bye   

I Love You
Volim te   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
American English   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
hrvatski   
English   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Not Available   

French Name
croate   
anglais   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Not Available   

History

Origin
9th century   
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Standard English   

Language Position
23   
19
3   
3

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
eng   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
croa1245   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Croatian and English Speaking population

Croatian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 Croatian and English on Croatian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and English Language Codes

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

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