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Catalan vs Croatian


Croatian vs Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
9  
7

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  
Austria  

Second Language
Spain  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Latin  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200  
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hola  
bok  

Thank You
Gràcies  
hvala  

How Are You?
Com estàs?  
kako si  

Good Night
Bona nit  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Bona nit  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Bon dia  
dobro jutro  

Please
Sisplau  
molim  

Sorry
Perdó!  
Oprostite  

Bye
Adéu  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
T'estimo  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Dispensi!  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
440,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Valencian  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Spain  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan  
Shtokavian  

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

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
40
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.12 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
4.10 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
català  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian  
Hrvatski  

French Name
catalan; valencien  
croate  

German Name
Katalanisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Catalan people  
Croats  

History

Origin
c. 1028  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
32  
30
23  
21

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ca  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
cat  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
cat  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
cat  
hrv  

Glottocode
stan1289  
croa1245  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Catalan and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Croatian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Croatian Language History.

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

Catalan vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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