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Croatian and Greek


Greek and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
3  
12

National Language
Austria  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Armenian  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bok  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
hvala  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
kako si  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
laku noć  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
molim  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Doviđenja  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Volim te  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Mariupol  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
Not Available  

Native Name
hrvatski  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
croate  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
9th century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Hellenic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
23  
19
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
gre  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
croa1245  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
56-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Croatian and Greek Speaking population

Croatian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Croatian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Greek Language Codes

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

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