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Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
10  
6

National Language
Austria  
Portugal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
United States of America  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras  

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.
  
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Spanish and Galician Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

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  
Olá  

Thank You
hvala  
obrigado  

How Are You?
kako si  
Como você está?  

Good Night
laku noć  
boa noite  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
boa Noite  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
boa Tarde  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
bom Dia  

Please
molim  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Oprostite  
pesaroso  

Bye
Doviđenja  
tchau  

I Love You
Volim te  
Eu te amo  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
desculpe me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Brazilian Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Brazil  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
204,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
European Portuguese  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Portugal  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Daman and Diu  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
4,000.00  
36

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
231.00 million  
7

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
3.27 %  
7

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
216.00 million  
5

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
15.00 million  
18

Native Name
hrvatski  
Português  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Português  

French Name
croate  
portugais  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Portugiesisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Portuguese people or portugueses  

History

Origin
9th century  
3rd Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Medieval Galician  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Portuguese  

Language Position
23  
19
6  
6

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Portuguese  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
pt  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
por  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
por  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
por  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
port1283  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Croatian and Portuguese Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Portuguese language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Portuguese language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Portuguese language states that this language originated in 3rd Century. 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 Portuguese Language History.

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

Croatian vs Portuguese Difficulty

The Croatian vs Portuguese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Portuguese 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 Portuguese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Portuguese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Portuguese time required is 24 weeks.

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