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Greek vs Croatian


Croatian vs 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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Greek and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Croatian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC 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 Greek and Croatian Language History.

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

Greek vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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