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Hebrew vs Croatian


Croatian vs Hebrew


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Israel  
Austria  

Second Language
Israel  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Poland  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Academy of the Hebrew Language  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
  • The men and women use different verbs in hebrew 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
Arabic and Aramaic languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Aramaic Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
22  
4
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
0  
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
25  
15

Scripts
Hebrew  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, 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
שלום (Shalom)  
bok  

Thank You
תודה (Toda)  
hvala  

How Are You?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)  
kako si  

Good Night
לילה טוב (Laila tov)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
ערב טוב (Erev tov)  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)  
dobro jutro  

Please
בבקשה (bevekshah)  
molim  

Sorry
סליחה! (Slicha)  
Oprostite  

Bye
להתראות (Lehitraot)  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
בבקשה!  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ashkenazi Hebrew  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Israel  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Samaritan Hebrew  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Israel, Palestine  
Croatia  

Dialect 3
Yemenite Hebrew  
Shtokavian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
4.40 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.60 million  
27
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Israeli, Ivrit  
Hrvatski  

French Name
hébreu  
croate  

German Name
Hebräisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Croats  

History

Origin
1000 BC  
9th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
Not Available  

Branch
Canaanitic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Hebrew  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
23  
19
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Hebrew  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
he  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
heb  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
heb  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
heb  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
hebr1246  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
12-AAB-a  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Hebrew and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Hebrew vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Hebrew and Croatian language. History of Hebrew language states that this language originated in 1000 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 Hebrew and Croatian Language History.

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

Hebrew vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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