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Croatian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
11   
5

National Language
Austria   
Turkey   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Merhaba   

Thank You
hvala   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
kako si   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
laku noć   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
günaydın   

Please
molim   
lütfen   

Sorry
Oprostite   
üzgünüm   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
Volim te   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
hrvatski   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
croate   
turc   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Turkish   

History

Origin
9th century   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
23   
19
19   
17

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Turkish Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
tur   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Croatian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Turkish language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Croatian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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