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Romanian vs Croatian


Croatian vs Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
9  
7

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

Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
89.00 %  
1

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  

History

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  

Language Position
36  
28
23  
19

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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Romanian and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Croatian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 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 Romanian and Croatian Language History.

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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.

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