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Slovak and Croatian


Croatian and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
9  
7

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Austria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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
Czech Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46  
26
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
38  
27
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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
bok  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
hvala  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
kako si  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
dobro jutro  

Please
Prosím  
molim  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Oprostite  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Croatia  

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

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
79  
33

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
slovenčina  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Hrvatski  

French Name
slovaque  
croate  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Croats  

History

Origin
6th Century  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
27  
25
23  
21

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
slk  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
slk  
hrv  

Glottocode
slov1269  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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All Slovak and Croatian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovak and Croatian Speaking population

Slovak and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovak and Croatian on Slovak vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Croatian Language Codes

Slovak and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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