Croatia

Extensive List of Languages of Croatia: Spoken and Extinct Languages

:: List of Languages ::

Bosnian [bos] 20,800 in Croatia (2001 census). Dialects: Ijekavían, Ikavian. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western

Croatia Sign Language [csq] Classification: Deaf sign language

Croatian [hrv] 3,980,000 in Croatia (2001 census). Population total all countries: 5,546,590. Also in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, United States. Alternate names: Hrvatski. Dialects: Kaykavski, Chakavski, Shtokavski (Ijekavski). Shtokavski official dialect, but others recognized as valid dialects, with much literature. Chakavski in western and northern Croatia, Dalmatian coast, and Adriatic Islands; Kaykavski in northeastern Croatia and Zagreb; dialects in other countries, like Burgenland Croatian in Austria, less intelligible. Classification: Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western

Istriot [ist] 1,000 (2000 T. Salminen). Istrian Peninsula west coast, Rovinj (Rovigno) and Vodnjan (Dignano) towns. Dialects: Reportedly an archaic Romance language, often confused with Istro-Rumanian. Perhaps more similar to Friulian or Dalmatian than to Istro-Rumanian. Classification:Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian

Italian [ita] 19,600 in Croatia (2001 census). Ethnic population: 30,000 (1998). Istria, Iatarska County.Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian

Romanian, Istro [ruo] 560 (1994). Northeast Istrian Peninsula, Zejane village, some villages south. Alternate names: Istro-Romanian. Dialects: Structurally a separate language from Romanian [ron] (1984 F. Agard). Split from the other 3 Romanian languages between 500 and 1000 A.D. Different from Istriot [ist]. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern

Venetian [vec] 50,000 in Croatia (1994 T. Salminen). Istrian Peninsula and Dalmatia. Dialects: Istrian, Tretine, Venetian Proper. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Italian

:: Reference ::
Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/

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