Language courses

Living in Europe | Access to the culture of the host country/language courses | Croatia

The official language in Croatia is Croatian which is a South Slavic language, and along with Serbian and Bosnian, it belongs to the Central South Slavic diasystem. The Croatian alphabet is used in writing, and it is a variant of the Latin alphabet. The alphabet was modelled after the Czech alphabet and contains one letter of the Latin script for each sound in the language (30 letters in total).

A foreigner may decide to learn Croatian in one of the private language schools offering Croatian for foreigners. An overview of the providers of Croatian courses for foreigners can be found on Study in Croatia Portal.

Useful Croatian words and phrases

English	Croatian
Yes	Da
No	Ne
Good morning	Dobro jutro
Good day	Dobar dan
Good evening	Dobra večer
Good night	Laku noć
Good bye	Doviđenja
Thank you	Hvala
Please	Molim
Do you speak English?	Govorite li engleski?
I don't understand	Ne razumijem
My name is...	Zovem se...
Excuse me	Oprostite
How much?	Koliko?
Enjoy your meal	Dobar tek
Cheers!	Živjeli!