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Croatian vs Greek


Greek vs Croatian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
3  
12

National Language
Austria  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Roman Empire  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Armenian  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, 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  
γεια σας (geia sas)  

Thank You
hvala  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  

How Are You?
kako si  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  

Good Night
laku noć  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  

Please
molim  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  

Bye
Doviđenja  
αντίο (antío)  

I Love You
Volim te  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Griko  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Mariupol  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
25  
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
Not Available  

Native Name
hrvatski  
ελληνικά  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  

French Name
croate  
grec moderne (après 1453)  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Neugriechisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[eliniˈka]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Greeks or Hellenes  

History

Origin
9th century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Hellenic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Modern Greek  

Language Position
23  
19
74  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Greek Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
gre  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
croa1245  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
56-AAA-a  

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 Greek Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Greek language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. 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 Greek Language History.

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Croatian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Greek language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

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