Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Germany
Austria
Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Council for German Orthography
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Interesting Facts
- One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
- The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Albanian Languages
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
German-Alphabets.jpg#200
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?
kako si
Good Night
gute Nacht
laku noć
Good Evening
guten Abend
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
guten Tag
dobar dan
Good Morning
guten Morgen
dobro jutro
Sorry
Verzeihung
Oprostite
I Love You
Ich liebe dich
Volim te
Excuse Me
Entschuldigung
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Swiss German
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Switzerland
Croatia
Dialect 2
Swabian German
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Germany
Croatia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Texas German
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Texas
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
Deutsch
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco
Hrvatski
French Name
allemand
croate
German Name
Deutsch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Origin
6th Century AD
9th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Signed German
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
deus
Not Available
Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397
croa1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
All German 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 German and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of German and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of German are spoken in different German Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking German vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the German dialects include: Swiss German, Swabian German. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
German and Croatian Speaking population
German and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Croatian on German vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
German and Croatian Language Codes
German and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. German and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.