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Croatian vs English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
33  
2
9  
7

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Austria  

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
South Africa  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Latin  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
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
7  
6
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
bok  

Thank You
Thank you  
hvala  

How Are You?
How are you?  
kako si  

Good Night
Good Night  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Good Evening  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Good Morning  
dobro jutro  

Please
Please  
molim  

Sorry
Sorry  
Oprostite  

Bye
Bye  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
I love you  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Excuse Me  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
United States of America  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00  
3
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Welsh English  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
United Kingdom  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
14
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
188  
34
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million  
1
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
5.43 %  
4
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
400.00 million  
3
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million  
1
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
English  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Hrvatski  

French Name
anglais  
croate  

German Name
Englisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Croats  

History

Origin
5th Century AD  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard English  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
3  
3
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed English  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
en  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
eng  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
eng  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
engs  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1293  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
52-ABA  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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English and Croatian Language History

Comparison of English vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of English and Croatian language. History of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD 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 English and Croatian Language History.

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

English vs Croatian Difficulty

The English vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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