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English vs Croatian


Countries

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  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
33  
2

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  
-  

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  
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Hello  

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  

Please
molim  
Please  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Sorry  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Bye  

I Love You
Volim te  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
American English  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
225,000,000.00  
4

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
4,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
2,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
400.00 million  
1

Native Name
hrvatski  
English  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
English  

French Name
croate  
anglais  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Croats  
English people  

History

Origin
9th century  
5th Century AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Standard English  

Language Position
23  
21
3  
3

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
eng  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
eng  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
engs  

Glottocode
croa1245  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Croatian and English Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and English language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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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.

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