Languages of the country
Croatia
Official language: Croatian. Official in a region: Italian. Linguistic diversity index: 0.46 (diversity map). Population (CLDR): 4.2 million.
Map of regions
Colours mark the regions where a language is official or predominant; stripes – several languages in one region. Hover over a language in the list to see its regions.
Languages and their status
Share: the estimated part of the population that uses the language (also as a second language), according to CLDR.
Legal basis of the statuses
Statuses with a legal basis are our corrections to CLDR, based on the text of the constitution, the law or the official journal. Quotes are in the original language.
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Constitution of Croatia (1990), art. 13 – Constitute Project, English translation
· act of 1990, text checked 2026-11-04
The Croatian language and the Latin script shall be in official use
Venetian has no legal status; Italian is co-official in Istria.
Croatia on other Ominuvo maps
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- Prices around the worldEuro (EUR)Source: ISO 4217
- Time zones mapUTC+1 / UTC+2 in summerSource: IANA tz database (public domain)
- Plugs and sockets of the worldType C, F · 230 V · 50 Hz
- National dishes of the world7 national dishes
- Plants of the world8 characteristic plants
- Castles map42 castles and palacesSource: Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- Ghost map1 ghost story
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