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Dutch vs Croatian


Croatian vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
9   
7

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
Austria   

Second Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

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

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
German and English Languages   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
21   
11
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
bok   

Thank You
dankjewel   
hvala   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
kako si   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
laku noć   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
dobro jutro   

Please
alsjeblieft   
molim   

Sorry
sorry   
Oprostite   

Bye
vaarwel   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
pardon   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
Nederlands   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Hrvatski   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
croate   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Croats   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
48   
35
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
nld   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Dutch and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Croatian language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century. 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 Dutch and Croatian Language History.

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

Dutch vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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