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Vietnamese vs Croatian


Croatian vs Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
9  
7

National Language
Vietnam  
Austria  

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

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

Regulated By
-  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Chinese Language  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
37  
19
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào  
bok  

Thank You
Cam on  
hvala  

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?  
kako si  

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng  
dobro jutro  

Please
xin vui lòng  
molim  

Sorry
Xin lỗi  
Oprostite  

Bye
Tạm biệt  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Xin loi  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
11
660,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
9
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
76,000,000.00  
8
13,000,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million  
16
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
17
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
75.00 million  
14
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million  
33
1.25 million  
99+

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)  
hrvatski  

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet  
Hrvatski  

French Name
vietnamien  
croate  

German Name
Vietnamesisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people  
Croats  

History

Origin
c. 1440  
9th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
14  
13
23  
21

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
vi  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
vie  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
vie  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
vie  
hrv  

Glottocode
viet1252  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
46-EBA  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Vietnamese and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Vietnamese vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Vietnamese and Croatian language. History of Vietnamese language states that this language originated in c. 1440 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 Vietnamese and Croatian Language History.

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

Vietnamese vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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