Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Austria
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Church Slavonic
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
bok
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
hvala
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
kako si
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
laku noć
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
dobra večer
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
dobro jutro
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
molim
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Oprostite
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Doviđenja
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
Volim te
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Dialect 2
Chakavian
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
5.60 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
1.25 million
  
36
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
hrvatski
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
croate
  
kannada
  
German Name
Kroatisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Croats
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
9th century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hr
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hrv
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
hrv
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
hrv
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
croa1245
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Croatian and Kannada 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 Kannada greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Kannada language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Kannada word for "Thank You" is ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Kannada Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Kannada Difficulty
The Croatian vs Kannada difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Kannada 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 Kannada are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Kannada, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Kannada time required is 44 weeks.