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Croatian and Estonian


Estonian and Croatian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
2  
13

National Language
Austria  
Estonia, Gambia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Finnish  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Tere  

Thank You
hvala  
aitäh  

How Are You?
kako si  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
laku noć  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Tere hommikust  

Please
molim  
Palun  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Vabandust  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Head aega  

I Love You
Volim te  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Eesti keel  

French Name
croate  
estonien  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Estonians  

History

Origin
9th century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Estonian  

Language Position
23  
21
22  
20

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
est  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
est  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
est  

Glottocode
croa1245  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Croatian and Estonian Speaking population

Croatian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian 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 Estonian on Croatian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Estonian Language Codes

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

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