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
  
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 in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
Dialect 1
Chakavian
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
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
How Many People Speak?
89.00 million
  
18
489.00 million
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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