Croatian

About Croatian

Croatian is the official language of Croatia and one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is closely related to Serbian and Bosnian, and speakers of the three understand each other easily.

Croatian is written in the Latin alphabet and spelled almost exactly as it is pronounced. č and ć are two kinds of ch, š sounds like sh, ž like the s in "pleasure", j like the y in "yes" and c like the ts in "cats". Use vi as a polite "you" with strangers and older people, and ti with friends.

FamilyIndo-European, South Slavic
Official inCroatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
ScriptLatin alphabet (Gaj's alphabet)
Codeshr (ISO 639-1), hrv (ISO 639-3)

Classification: Wikidata. Retrieved 26 September 2026.

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