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Turkish vs Croatian


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Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
9  
7

National Language
Turkey  
Austria  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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
Azerbaijani Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
-  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
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
Merhaba  
bok  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
hvala  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
kako si  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
laku noć  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
günaydın  
dobro jutro  

Please
lütfen  
molim  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
Oprostite  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Chakavian  

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

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

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Chakavian  

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

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

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Shtokavian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Hrvatski  

French Name
turc  
croate  

German Name
Türkisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Croats  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
9th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

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

Language Position
19  
17
23  
21

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
tur  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
tur  
hrv  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
croa1245  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Turkish and Croatian Language History

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

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

Turkish vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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