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Estonian and Croatian


Croatian and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
9   
7

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
bok   

Thank You
aitäh   
hvala   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
kako si   

Good Night
Head ööd   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
dobro jutro   

Please
Palun   
molim   

Sorry
Vabandust   
Oprostite   

Bye
Head aega   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million   
99+
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
eesti keel   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Hrvatski   

French Name
estonien   
croate   

German Name
Estnisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Croats   

History

Origin
13th century   
9th century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
est   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Estonian and Croatian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Estonian and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Croatian Speaking population

Estonian and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Estonian and Croatian on Estonian vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Croatian Language Codes

Estonian and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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