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Croatian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  

Total No. Of Countries
9  
7
11  
5

National Language
Austria  
Turkey  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  
Turkish Language Association  

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.
  
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Serbain and Bosnian  
Azerbaijani Language  

Derived From
Church Slavonic  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

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
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
bok  
Merhaba  

Thank You
hvala  
teşekkür ederim  

How Are You?
kako si  
Nasılsın?  

Good Night
laku noć  
İyi Geceler  

Good Evening
dobra večer  
İyi Akşamlar  

Good Afternoon
dobar dan  
Tünaydın  

Good Morning
dobro jutro  
günaydın  

Please
molim  
lütfen  

Sorry
Oprostite  
üzgünüm  

Bye
Doviđenja  
Hoşçakal  

I Love You
Volim te  
Seni seviyorum  

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se  
Afedersiniz  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian  
Azerbaijani Turkish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
660,000.00  
99+
26,000,000.00  
25

Dialect 2
Chakavian  
Crimean Turkish  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
480,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Shtokavian  
Gagauz  

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
140,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
9  
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million  
18
75.00 million  
23

Speaking Population
89.00 %  
1
0.95 %  
22

Native Speakers
5.60 million  
99+
60.00 million  
20

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million  
99+
15.00 million  
34

Native Name
hrvatski  
Türkçe  

Alternative Names
Hrvatski  
Anatolian, Türkisch  

French Name
croate  
turc  

German Name
Kroatisch  
Türkisch  

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  

Ethnicity
Croats  
Turkish  

History

Origin
9th century  
c. 1350  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Turkic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Turkic  

Branch
-  
Southwestern(Oghuz)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  

Language Position
23  
21
19  
17

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language  
Turkish Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hr  
tr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv  
tur  

ISO 639 2/B
hrv  
tur  

ISO 639 3
hrv  
tur  

ISO 639 6
hrv  
tur  

Glottocode
croa1245  
nucl1301  

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g  
44-AAB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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Croatian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Turkish language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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

Croatian vs Turkish Difficulty

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

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