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Croatian vs Spanish


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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