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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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