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Persian vs Croatian


Croatian vs Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
3   
12
9   
7

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Austria   

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Arabic Language   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32   
14
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
25   
15

Scripts
Arabic   
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
سلام   
bok   

Thank You
متشکرم   
hvala   

How Are You?
چطور هستید?   
kako si   

Good Night
شب بخیر   
laku noć   

Good Evening
عصر بخیر   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
صبح به خیر   
dobro jutro   

Please
لطفا   
molim   

Sorry
متاسف   
Oprostite   

Bye
خدا حافظ   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00   
7
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Dari Persian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Afganistan   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00   
7
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00   
6
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million   
26
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
65.00 million   
17
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
فارسی   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian   
Hrvatski   

French Name
persan   
croate   

German Name
Persisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Persian people   
Croats   

History

Origin
1500 BC   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Iranian   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Persian   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
23   
19
23   
19

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fa   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
per   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
pes   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fars1254   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Persian and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Persian vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Persian and Croatian language. History of Persian 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 Persian and Croatian Language History.

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

Persian vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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