Linguistics
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Languages of CroatiaPart of Yugoslavia until 1991. Population: 4,481,000 (1998 UN). Literacy rate 97%. National or official languages:
Also includes Sinte Romani, Slovenian. Information mainly from B. Comrie 1987. Data accuracy estimate: B. The number of languages listed for Croatia is 6. Of those, 5 are living languages and 1 is extinct. Diversity index 0.07. Spoken Living Languages |
| Name | Alternate Names | Description | Classification | Dialects |
| CROATIAN | HRVATSKI | [SRC] 4,800,000 in Croatia (1995). More information. | Indo-European, Slavic, South, Western. | KAYKAVSKI
CHAKAVSKI SHTOKAVSKI |
| ISTRIOT | - | [IST] 1,000 or fewer (1994 Tapani Salminen). Western coast of Istrian Peninsula, now only in the towns of Rovinj (Rovigno) and Vodnjan (Dignano). More information. | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian. | - |
| ITALIAN | - | [ITN] 70,000 in Croatia whose mother tongue is Italian or Venetian, including 30,000 ethnic Italian and 40,000 ethnic Croats and Istrian people (1998 Eugen Marinov). Istria.More information. | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian. | - |
| ROMANIAN, ISTRO | ISTRO-ROMANIAN | [RUO] 555 to 1,500 (1994 T. Salminen). Northeast Istrian Peninsula, Zejane village and a few villages to the south.More information. | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern. | - |
| VENETIAN | - | [VEC] 100,000 in Croatia and Slovenia (1994 Tapani Salminen). See also Italian in Croatia. Istrian Peninsula and Dalmatia. | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Italian. | ISTRIAN (or ISTRO-VENETIAN1)
TRETINE VENETIAN PROPER |
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Extinct languages |
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| DALMATIAN | - RAGUSAN - VEGLIOTE |
[DLM] Coast near Dubrovnik. More information. | Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian. | - |