History. Croatian is a Slavic language that arrived in the Balkans region with the migration of the Slavs in the 6th or 7th century. The language eventually evolved into two branches: East South Slavic and West South Slavic. Bulgarian and Macedonian derive from the East South Slavic group and Slovene, Serbian and Croatian are derived from the West South Slavic group.

Croatia is the nation-state of Croats. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croats are one of three constitute ethnic groups, numbering around 544,780 people or 15.43% of population. The entity of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is home to majority (495,000 or about little under 90%) of Bosnian and Herzegovinian Croats.

01/08/2017 · Before Croatia adopted Croatian as its official language in the 19th century, Latin was the official language. A form of Serbo-Croatian language, which is a blend of Serbian and Croatian, was used in Croatia between 1945 and 1991. Croatian consists of three dialects, namely Shtokavian, Kajkavian, and Chakavian.The language uses the Latin alphabet.

The Croatian language has three major dialects, identified by three different words for "what"—sto, kaj, and ca. From 1945 to 1991, the official language was Serbo-Croatian. Even under socialism, Croats often referred to their language as Croato-Serbian …

11/08/2020 · Créole languages are languages that developed in colonial European plantation settlements. They most often emerged near the coasts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Créole languages result from mixing between nonstandard European languages and …

19/09/2018 · In a part of the world where languages intertwine, and much of history is shared, it is culture that separates the Croats from their Slavic brethren. Pay heed to these points, and you’ll soon understand.

It is marked by the ‘Great Vowel Shift’, which, supported by the invention of the printing press and the increasing technology for widespread communication (on paper and later, via radio) led to an elongating and settling of the vowel sounds and a standardising of the spoken language.

German language, official language of both Germany and Austria and one of the official languages of Switzerland. German belongs to the West Germanic group of the Indo-European language family, along with English, Frisian, and Dutch (Netherlandic, Flemish). Learn more about the German language.