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Spanish vs Croatian


Croatian vs Spanish


Countries

Countries
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
46   
1
9   
7

National Language
Spain   
Austria   

Second Language
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Latin   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
22   
12
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
hola   
bok   

Thank You
Gracias   
hvala   

How Are You?
Cómo estás?   
kako si   

Good Night
Buenas Noches   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Bonne soirée   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Buenos Días   
dobro jutro   

Please
Por Favor   
molim   

Sorry
triste   
Oprostite   

Bye
adiós   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Te Quiero   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Discúlpeme   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Mexico   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
105,000,000.00   
5
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Cuba   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00   
8
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00   
9
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
21   
19
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
489.00 million   
3
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
6.15 %   
3
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
410.00 million   
2
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
89.50 million   
9
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
Español   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español   
Hrvatski   

French Name
espagnol; castillan   
croate   

German Name
Spanisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Croats   

History

Origin
210 BC   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
2   
2
23   
19

Signed Forms
Signed Spanish   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
es   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
spa   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
spa   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
spa   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1288   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-b   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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Spanish and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Spanish vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Spanish and Croatian language. History of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish and Croatian Language History.

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

Spanish vs Croatian Difficulty

The Spanish vs Croatian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Spanish 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 Spanish and Croatian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Spanish and Croatian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Spanish is 24 weeks while to learn Croatian time required is 44 weeks.

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