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Croatian and Slovak


Slovak and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
4  
11

National Language
Austria  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Czech Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
25  
15
38  
27

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Ahoj  

Thank You
hvala  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
kako si  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Dobré ráno  

Please
molim  
Prosím  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Pardón!  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Volim te  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

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

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
slovenčina  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
croate  
slovaque  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
9th century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Slovak  

Language Position
23  
21
27  
25

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
slo  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
slk  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
slk  

Glottocode
croa1245  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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

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Croatian and Slovak Speaking population

Croatian and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Croatian vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Slovak Language Codes

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

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