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Urdu vs Croatian


Croatian vs Urdu


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
9  
7

National Language
Pakistan  
Austria  

Second Language
Pakistan  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
  • Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
  • 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
5  
2

How Many Consonants
40  
29
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
خوش آمديد  
bok  

Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ  
hvala  

How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟  
kako si  

Good Night
گڈ نائٹ  
laku noć  

Good Evening
سلام علیکم  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ  
dobro jutro  

Please
براہ مہربانی  
molim  

Sorry
معاف کرنا  
Oprostite  

Bye
الوداع  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dakhini  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
India  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00  
12
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
India  
Croatia  

Dialect 3
Rekhta  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
South Asia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million  
15
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
61.00 million  
19
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
43.00 million  
14
1.25 million  
36

Native Name
اُردُو  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Bihari  
Hrvatski  

French Name
ourdou  
croate  

German Name
Urdu  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Croats  

History

Origin
12th Century CE  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Indic  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
20  
18
23  
19

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ur  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
urd  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
urd  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
urd  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
urdu1245  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-q  
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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Urdu and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Croatian language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE 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 Urdu and Croatian Language History.

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

Urdu vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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