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Croatian vs Catalan


Catalan vs Croatian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
6  
9

National Language
Austria  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Spain  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Hola  

Thank You
hvala  
Gràcies  

How Are You?
kako si  
Com estàs?  

Good Night
laku noć  
Bona nit  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
Bona nit  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Bona tarda  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
Bon dia  

Please
molim  
Sisplau  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Perdó!  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Adéu  

I Love You
Volim te  
T'estimo  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Dispensi!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Caló  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
France, Portugal, Spain  

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

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Valencian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Spain  

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

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Ribagorçan  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
8  
8

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.12 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
4.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
5.10 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
català  

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

French Name
croate  
catalan; valencien  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Katalanisch  

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

Ethnicity
Croats  
Catalan people  

History

Origin
9th century  
c. 1028  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Romance  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Catalan  

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

Language Position
23  
21
32  
30

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed Catalan  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
ca  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
cat  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
cat  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
cat  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
cat  

Glottocode
croa1245  
stan1289  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Croatian and Catalan Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Catalan language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Catalan language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028. 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 Croatian and Catalan Language History.

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

Croatian vs Catalan Difficulty

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

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