Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
National Language
Austria
Germany
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
North Dakota, United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Council for German Orthography
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.
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Albanian Languages
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kako si
Wie geht es dir?
Good Night
laku noć
gute Nacht
Good Evening
dobra večer
guten Abend
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
guten Tag
Good Morning
dobro jutro
guten Morgen
Sorry
Oprostite
Verzeihung
I Love You
Volim te
Ich liebe dich
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Entschuldigung
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Swiss German
Where They Speak
Croatia
Switzerland
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Swabian German
Where They Speak
Croatia
Germany
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Texas German
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Texas
Native Name
hrvatski
Deutsch
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Deutsch, Tedesco
French Name
croate
allemand
German Name
Kroatisch
Deutsch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
Origin
9th century
6th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed German
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
deus
Glottocode
croa1245
high1287, uppe1397
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
52-ACB–dl & -dm
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Croatian and German 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 German dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and German language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas German Dialects are spoken in different German speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs German Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. German dialects include: Swiss German , Swabian German. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Croatian and German Speaking population
Croatian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Croatian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Croatian and German Language Codes
Croatian and German language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and German Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
