Countries
South Africa
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
South Africa
Austria
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
Dutch Language
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
kako si
Good Night
goeie nag
laku noć
Good Evening
Goeienaand
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
dobar dan
Good Morning
goeie more
dobro jutro
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
Volim te
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Chakavian
Where They Speak
-
Croatia
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Chakavian
Where They Speak
-
Croatia
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Namibia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
Afrikaans
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Hrvatski
French Name
afrikaans
croate
German Name
Afrikaans
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Croats
Origin
17th Century
9th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
croa1245
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
-
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Fusional, Synthetic
All Afrikaans 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 Afrikaans and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Croatian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % 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 Afrikaans and Croatian on Afrikaans vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Croatian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.