Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
South Africa
National Language
Austria
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
Dutch Language
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
kako si
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
laku noć
goeie nag
Good Evening
dobra večer
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Goeie middag
Good Morning
dobro jutro
goeie more
I Love You
Volim te
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Croatia
-
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Croatia
-
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Namibia
Native Name
hrvatski
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Cape Dutch
French Name
croate
afrikaans
German Name
Kroatisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Croats
Afrikaners
Origin
9th century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
croa1245
afri1274
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic
All Croatian and Afrikaans 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 Croatian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Croatian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Croatian are spoken in different Croatian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Croatian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Croatian dialects include: Chakavian, Chakavian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Croatian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Croatian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Croatian and Afrikaans on Croatian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Croatian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Croatian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Croatian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.