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Croatian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
4  
11

National Language
Austria  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

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  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
bok  
hej  

Thank You
hvala  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
kako si  
hur mår du  

Good Night
laku noć  
godnatt  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
god morgon  

Please
molim  
vänligen  

Sorry
Oprostite  
ledsen  

Bye
Doviđenja  
hej då  

I Love You
Volim te  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Dialects  

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

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
hrvatski  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
croate  
suédois  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
9th century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
23  
21
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
swe  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
swe  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
swe  

Glottocode
croa1245  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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Croatian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Swedish language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

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