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French vs Croatian


Croatian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
9   
7

National Language
France   
Austria   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Italian Language   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Latin   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour   
bok   

Thank You
Merci   
hvala   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
kako si   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
laku noć   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
dobro jutro   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
molim   

Sorry
désolé   
Oprostite   

Bye
au revoir   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
African French   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Africa   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Shtokavian   

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
français   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Français   
Hrvatski   

French Name
français   
croate   

German Name
Französisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Croats   

History

Origin
9th Century   
9th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
13   
12
23   
19

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
fra   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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French and Croatian Language History

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

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

French vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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