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Spanish vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
46  
1

National Language
Austria  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

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

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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 world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
French Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
22  
12

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  
hola  

Thank You
hvala  
Gracias  

How Are You?
kako si  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Buenos Días  

Please
molim  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Oprostite  
triste  

Bye
Doviđenja  
adiós  

I Love You
Volim te  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
31
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
5
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
36
89.50 million  
9

Native Name
hrvatski  
Español  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
croate  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Not Available  

History

Origin
9th century  
210 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  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
23  
19
2  
2

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
spa  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
croa1245  
stan1288  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Croatian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Spanish language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Croatian vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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