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Slovak and Croatian


Croatian and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
9   
7

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Austria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written 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
Czech Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
38   
27
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
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
bok   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
hvala   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
kako si   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
dobro jutro   

Please
Prosím   
molim   

Sorry
Pardón!   
Oprostite   

Bye
Dovidenia   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.20 million   
99+
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
slovenčina   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Hrvatski   

French Name
slovaque   
croate   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Croats   

History

Origin
6th Century   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
slk   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Slovak and Croatian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovak and Croatian Speaking population

Slovak and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovak and Croatian on Slovak vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Croatian Language Codes

Slovak and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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