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German and Croatian


Croatian and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
9  
7

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

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
9  
1
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
30 weeks  
9
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
bok  

Thank You
Danke  
hvala  

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  

Please
bitte  
molim  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Oprostite  

Bye
Tschüs  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
18
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Germany  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
26
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
35
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
12
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
Deutsch  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Hrvatski  

French Name
allemand  
croate  

German Name
Deutsch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Croats  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Western  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
9  
9
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
deu  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
deus  
Not Available  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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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.

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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.

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