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Slovene vs Croatian


Croatian vs Slovene


Countries

Countries
European Union, Slovenia   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
9   
7

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   
Austria   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25   
7
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
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
2   
1
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
bok   

Thank You
Hvala   
hvala   

How Are You?
Kako se imate?   
kako si   

Good Night
Lahko noč   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Dober večer   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Dober dan   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Dobro jutro   
dobro jutro   

Please
Prosim   
molim   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Oprostite   

Bye
Nasvidenje   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Ljubim te   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Oprostite   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
80,000.00   
99+
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Resian   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Styrian   
Shtokavian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
48   
31
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
2.50 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
Not available   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina   
Hrvatski   

French Name
slovène   
croate   

German Name
Slowenisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Slovenes   
Croats   

History

Origin
972-1093   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovene   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
Not Available   
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sl   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
slv   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
slv   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1268   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Slovene and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Slovene vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovene and Croatian language. History of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093 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 Slovene and Croatian Language History.

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

Slovene vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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