20+ Interesting Facts About Languages In Croatia

Question 1

What is the official language of Croatia?

Answer

The national official language and most spoken language in Croatia is Croatian. Here are a few useful words you should know: zdravo (hello), doviđenja (goodbye), da (yes), ne (no).

Question 2

How do you say Croatia in Croatian?

Answer

Croatian in Croatian is Hrvatski.

Question 3

What type of language is Croatian?

Answer

Croatian is a Western South Slavic language. Croatian forms part of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language along with Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin.

Question 4

What writing system does Croatian use?

Answer

Croatian uses the Latin alphabet (a, b, c, č, ć, d, dž, đ, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, lj, m, n, nj, o, p, r, s, š, t, u, v, z, ž) and not the Cyrillic alphabet used in other Slavic languages.

Question 5

Is Croatian an official language of the European Union?

Answer

Croatian has been one of the official languages of the European Union since 2013 along with 5 other Slavic languages: Bulgarian, Czech, Polish, Slovak and Slovenian. European Union in Croatian is Europska unija.

Question 6

Is Italian an official language in Croatia?

Answer

Italian is the official language of Istria County (Istarska županija / Regione istriana) along with Croatian.

Question 7

Is Venetian spoken in Croatia?

Answer

Varieties of Venetian, a Romance language originating in the northeastern Italian region of Veneto, are spoken in the counties of Istria, Primorje-Gorski Kotar and Dalmatia.

Question 8

Was Dalmatian spoken in Croatia?

Answer

Dalmatian, an extinct Romance language, was once spoken along the Croatian coast.

Question 9

How many Croatians speak English?

Answer

According to the 2024 Eurobarometer, 41% of Croatians can have a conversation in English.

Question 10

How many Croatians speak German?

Answer

According to the 2024 Eurobarometer, 15% of Croatians can have a conversation in German.

Question 11

How many Croatians speak Italian?

Answer

According to the 2024 Eurobarometer, 8% of Croatians can have a conversation in Italian.

Question 12

Has Croatia used Croatian in the Eurovision Song Contest?

Answer

Out of the 29 Croatian entries in the Eurovision Song Contest, 22 have been fully or partially in Croatian. When Croatia was still part of Yugoslavia, an entry in Croatian, "Rock Me" by Riva, won the contest in 1989.

Question 13

Is Czech recognised in Croatia?

Answer

Czech is a recognised official minority language.

Question 14

Is Pannonian Rusyn recognised in Croatia?

Answer

Pannonian Rusyn, an East Slavic language, is a recognised official minority language.

Question 15

Is Serbian recognised in Croatia?

Answer

Serbian is a recognised official minority language.

Question 16

Is Hungarian recognised in Croatia?

Answer

Hungarian, a Uralic language, is a recognised official minority language.

Question 17

Is Slovak recognised in Croatia?

Answer

Slovak is a recognised official minority language.

Question 18

Is Istro-Romanian spoken in Croatia?

Answer

Istro-Romanian is an endangered Eastern Romance language related to Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian and Romanian, spoken in Istria.

Question 19

Is Albanian spoken in Croatia?

Answer

Arbanasi is an endangered variety of Albanian spoken by Albanians in Croatia.

Question 20

When did Croatia ratify the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages?

Answer

Croatia ratified the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages in 1997.

Question 21

What are the main variants of Croatian?

Answer

The Croatian language can be divided into 3 main variants: Shtokavian, Chakavian and Kajkavian.