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Croatian and Slovak


Slovak and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
4   
11

National Language
Austria   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
25   
15
38   
27

Scripts
Latin   
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   
Ahoj   

Thank You
hvala   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
kako si   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
laku noć   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Dobré ráno   

Please
molim   
Prosím   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Pardón!   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Volim te   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
slovenčina   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
croate   
slovaque   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
9th century   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Slovak   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
slo   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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Croatian and Slovak Speaking population

Croatian and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available. 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 Slovak on Croatian vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Slovak Language Codes

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

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