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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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