Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Austria
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian
Armenian
Derived From
Church Slavonic
Latin
Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
bok
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
hvala
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
kako si
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
laku noć
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
dobra večer
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
dobar dan
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
dobro jutro
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
molim
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Oprostite
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Doviđenja
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Volim te
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Ispričavam se
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Croatia
Greece
Dialect 2
Chakavian
Griko
Where They Speak
Croatia
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Shtokavian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
hrvatski
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
croate
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Kroatisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Croats
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
9th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
croa1245
gree1276
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Croatian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Greek language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Croatian vs Greek Difficulty
The Croatian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.