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Spanish and Croatian


Countries

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   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
46   
1

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
22   
12

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
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bok   
hola   

Thank You
hvala   
Gracias   

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   

Please
molim   
Por Favor   

Sorry
Oprostite   
triste   

Bye
Doviđenja   
adiós   

I Love You
Volim te   
Te Quiero   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Discúlpeme   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Mexican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Mexico   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
105,000,000.00   
5

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Cuban Spanish   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Cuba   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
11,000,000.00   
8

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Puerto Rican Spanish   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Puerto Rico   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
3,900,000.00   
9

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
489.00 million   
3

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
6.15 %   
3

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
410.00 million   
2

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
89.50 million   
9

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   

History

Origin
9th century   
210 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Spanish and Spanish   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   

Language Position
23   
19
2   
2

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Signed Spanish   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
es   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
spa   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
spa   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
spa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
stan1288   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
51-AAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Croatian and Spanish Speaking population

Croatian and Spanish speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Spanish languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Spanish Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Spanish language is 6.15 %. 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 Spanish on Croatian vs Spanish where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Spanish Language Codes

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

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