Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Austria
Spain
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
French Language
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Latin
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kako si
Cómo estás?
Good Night
laku noć
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
dobra večer
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Buenos Días
I Love You
Volim te
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Croatia
Mexico
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Croatia
Cuba
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Puerto Rico
Native Name
hrvatski
Español
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
croate
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Kroatisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Croats
Not Available
Origin
9th century
210 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
croa1245
stan1288
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic