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Croatian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
6  
9

National Language
Austria  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

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  
alo  

Thank You
hvala  
multumesc  

How Are You?
kako si  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
laku noć  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
bună Dimineața  

Please
molim  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Oprostite  
scuze  

Bye
Doviđenja  
La revedere  

I Love You
Volim te  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Istro-Romanian  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
4.00 million  
30

Native Name
hrvatski  
Română  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
croate  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Romanians  

History

Origin
9th century  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Romanian  

Language Position
23  
19
36  
28

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
rum  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Croatian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Romanian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Croatian vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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