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Italian vs Croatian


Croatian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
9   
7

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Austria   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Latin   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
ciao   
bok   

Thank You
grazie   
hvala   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
kako si   

Good Night
buonanotte   
laku noć   

Good Evening
buonasera   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
dobro jutro   

Please
Per Favore   
molim   

Sorry
scusate   
Oprostite   

Bye
arrivederci   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
Italiano   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Hrvatski   

French Name
italien   
croate   

German Name
Italienisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Croats   

History

Origin
960 BC   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
27   
23
23   
19

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
ita   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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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Italian and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Croatian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Croatian Language History.

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

Italian vs Croatian Difficulty

The Italian vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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