Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Austria
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
South Africa
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Not Available
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
Not Available
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
hvala
Thank you
How Are You?
kako si
How are you?
Good Night
laku noć
Good Night
Good Evening
dobra večer
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
dobro jutro
Good Morning
I Love You
Volim te
I love you
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Chakavian
American English
Where They Speak
Croatia
United States of America
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Croatia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
United Kingdom
Native Name
hrvatski
English
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Not Available
French Name
croate
anglais
German Name
Kroatisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Croats
Not Available
Origin
9th century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Standard English
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
engs
Glottocode
croa1245
stan1293
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Croatian and English 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 English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and English language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs English Difficulty
The Croatian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.