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Croatian vs Romanian


Romanian vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
6   
9

National Language
Austria   
Moldova, Romania   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Kazakhstan, Russia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li   

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian   
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

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   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
bok   
alo   

Thank You
hvala   
multumesc   

How Are You?
kako si   
ce mai faci?   

Good Night
laku noć   
noapte Buna   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
buna Seara   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
buna Ziua   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
bună Dimineața   

Please
molim   
Vă Rog   

Sorry
Oprostite   
scuze   

Bye
Doviđenja   
La revedere   

I Love You
Volim te   
Te iubesc   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Scuza-Ma   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Aromanian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
250,000.00   
38

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Megleno-Romanian   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Istro-Romanian   

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
1,400.00   
37

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
10   
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
4.00 million   
30

Native Name
hrvatski   
Română   

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian   

French Name
croate   
roumain; moldave   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Rumänisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[roˈmɨnə]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Romanians   

History

Origin
9th century   
1521   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Romanian   

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Romanian   

Language Position
23   
19
36   
28

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Romanian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
ro   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
ron   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
rum   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
ron   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
roma1327   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
51-AAD-c   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Croatian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Romanian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Croatian vs Romanian Difficulty

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

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