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Swedish and Croatian


Croatian and Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
9   
7

National Language
Sweden   
Austria   

Second Language
Finland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Old Norse Language   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
18   
8
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
hej   
bok   

Thank You
tacka dig   
hvala   

How Are You?
hur mår du   
kako si   

Good Night
godnatt   
laku noć   

Good Evening
god kväll   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
god morgon   
dobro jutro   

Please
vänligen   
molim   

Sorry
ledsen   
Oprostite   

Bye
hej då   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
jag älskar dig   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Gabon   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
6
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Dialects   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Georgia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00   
2
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Dialects   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00   
1
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
79   
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %   
99+
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million   
29
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
Svenska   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska   
Hrvatski   

French Name
suédois   
croate   

German Name
Schwedisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes   
Croats   

History

Origin
13th Century   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
89   
99+
23   
19

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sv   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
swe   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
swe   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
swed1254   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Swedish 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 Swedish and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swedish and Croatian Speaking population

Swedish and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Croatian on Swedish vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Croatian Language Codes

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

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