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Croatian vs Arabic


Arabic vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
23  
4

National Language
Austria  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
bok  
مرحبا  

Thank You
hvala  
شكرا  

How Are You?
kako si  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
laku noć  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
صباح الخير  

Please
molim  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Oprostite  
آسف  

Bye
Doviđenja  
وداعا  

I Love You
Volim te  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Sudanese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Sudan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
hrvatski  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
croate  
arabe  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Arabs  

History

Origin
9th century  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
23  
19
25  
21

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Arabic  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
ara  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
12-AAC  

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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Croatian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Arabic language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Croatian and Arabic Language History.

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Croatian and Arabic Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Croatian and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Arabic language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Arabic Difficulty

The Croatian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Arabic Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Croatian and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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