Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
National Language
Austria
  
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia
  
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)
  
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 most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
- Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
  
French and Portuguese Languages
  
Derived From
Church Slavonic
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Italian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bok
  
ciao
  
Thank You
hvala
  
grazie
  
How Are You?
kako si
  
Come stai?
  
Good Night
laku noć
  
buonanotte
  
Good Evening
dobra večer
  
buonasera
  
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
  
buon pomeriggio
  
Good Morning
dobro jutro
  
buongiorno
  
Please
molim
  
Per Favore
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
scusate
  
Bye
Doviđenja
  
arrivederci
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
Ti amo
  
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
  
Scusami
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Romanesco
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Lazio
  
How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00
  
21
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Central Italian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
  
Tuscan
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
78.00 million
  
21
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
64.00 million
  
18
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
14.00 million
  
20
Native Name
hrvatski
  
Italiano
  
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
  
Italiano
  
French Name
croate
  
italien
  
German Name
Kroatisch
  
Italienisch
  
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
[itaˈljaːno]
  
Ethnicity
Croats
  
Italians
  
Origin
9th century
  
960 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Italian
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hr
  
it
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
ita
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
ita
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
ita
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
itas
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
ital1282
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
51-AAA-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Croatian and Italian 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 Italian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Italian language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Italian word for "Thank You" is grazie. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Italian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Italian Difficulty
The Croatian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.