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French vs Croatian


Croatian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
9  
7

National Language
France  
Austria  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

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

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Latin  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
bonjour  
bok  

Thank You
Merci  
hvala  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
kako si  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
laku noć  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
dobro jutro  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
molim  

Sorry
désolé  
Oprostite  

Bye
au revoir  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
African French  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Croatia  

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
français  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Français  
Hrvatski  

French Name
français  
croate  

German Name
Französisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Croats  

History

Origin
9th Century  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
13  
12
23  
19

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
fra  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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French and Croatian Language History

Comparison of French vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Croatian language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Croatian Language History.

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

French vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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