Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
  
National Language
Moldova, Romania
  
Austria
  
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
  
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
  
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
- 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Serbain and Bosnian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Church Slavonic
  
Alphabets in
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
alo
  
bok
  
Thank You
multumesc
  
hvala
  
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
  
kako si
  
Good Night
noapte Buna
  
laku noć
  
Good Evening
buna Seara
  
dobra večer
  
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
  
dobar dan
  
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
  
dobro jutro
  
Please
Vă Rog
  
molim
  
Sorry
scuze
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
La revedere
  
Doviđenja
  
I Love You
Te iubesc
  
Volim te
  
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
  
Ispričavam se
  
Dialect 1
Aromanian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
Croatia
  
Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
  
Chakavian
  
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
  
Shtokavian
  
Where They Speak
Croatia
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
  
How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00
  
5
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million
  
38
89.00 million
  
18
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
5.60 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million
  
30
1.25 million
  
36
Native Name
Română
  
hrvatski
  
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
Hrvatski
  
French Name
roumain; moldave
  
croate
  
German Name
Rumänisch
  
Kroatisch
  
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Romanians
  
Croats
  
Origin
1521
  
9th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Romanian
  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
  
Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
  
Croatian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ro
  
hr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ron
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 2/B
rum
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 3
ron
  
hrv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
roma1327
  
croa1245
  
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
  
part of 53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Romanian 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 Romanian and Croatian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Croatian language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Croatian word for "Thank You" is hvala. Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Croatian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Romanian vs Croatian Difficulty
The Romanian vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian 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 Romanian and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.