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Croatian vs Italian


Italian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
7   
8

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
16   
6

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   
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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
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   

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.90 %   
22

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   

History

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   

Language Position
23   
19
27   
23

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Croatian and Italian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Italian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian Language History.

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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.

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