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Greek and Croatian


Croatian and Greek


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
9   
7

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Austria   

Second Language
Roman Empire   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Latin   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24   
6
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
17   
7
25   
15

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)   
bok   

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   
hvala   

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   
kako si   

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   
laku noć   

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   
dobro jutro   

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   
molim   

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   
Oprostite   

Bye
αντίο (antío)   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Greece   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
2,800.00   
99+
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Griko   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
50,000.00   
38
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Mariupol   
Shtokavian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %   
99+
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
ελληνικά   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   
Hrvatski   

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)   
croate   

German Name
Neugriechisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes   
Croats   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Hellenic   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Greek   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
74   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
el   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
gre   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
ell   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
ells   
Not Available   

Glottocode
gree1276   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a   
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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All Greek 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 Greek and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Greek and Croatian Speaking population

Greek and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Croatian on Greek vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Croatian Language Codes

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

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