Languages

Croatian

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Croatian." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/croatian.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Croatian. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/croatian

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-croatian,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Croatian},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/croatian},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Croatian is the standard variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Croats, and is the national official language and literary standard of Croatia.

Facts

ISO 639-3 Code

hrv 1

Speaker Count

5,100,000 1

2021-2023 estimate, native speakers (1.3 million second-language speakers, 2012).

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

South Slavic

Source Wikipedia: Croatian Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Croatian Language

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Croatian is the standard variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Croats. It is the national official language and literary standard of Croatia.

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1. Wikipedia: Croatian Language

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