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Croatian and Slovene


Slovene and Croatian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
2   
13

National Language
Austria   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

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   
Austria, Hungary, Italy   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Halo   

Thank You
hvala   
Hvala   

How Are You?
kako si   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
laku noć   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Dober večer   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Dober dan   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Dobro jutro   

Please
molim   
Prosim   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Oprostite   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
Volim te   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Styrian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

Native Name
hrvatski   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
croate   
slovène   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
9th century   
972-1093   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Slovene   

Language Position
23   
19
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
slv   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
slv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional   

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

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Croatian and Slovene Speaking population

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

Croatian and Slovene Language Codes

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

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