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Croatian vs Slovene
Croatian and Slovene sit in the same corner of the writing-system map — Grafle's Latin group — and players mix them up constantly. Here's the fastest way to tell them apart.
The tell
Slovene sticks to plain č, š, ž. The extra letters ć and đ mean Croatian (or Bosnian/Serbian Latin). Word tell: school is šola in Slovene, škola in Croatian.
Side by side
Croatian
Sva ljudska bića rađaju se slobodna i jednaka.
Bok! Doći ću sutra navečer, može?
Tko rano rani, dvije sreće grabi.
Croatian's own tells
- Uses ć and the crossed đ alongside č/ž — but no Polish ł/ą or Czech ř/ů.
- The acute ć is the tell for Croatian (or Bosnian/Serbian Latin); Slovene never uses it.
On signs in:
- Croatia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
Slovene
Vsa človeška bitja se rodijo svobodna in enaka v dostojanstvu.
Živjo, kako si danes?
Ljubljana je čudovito mesto.
Slovene's own tells
- Only the minimal háček set č, š, ž — if you also see ć or đ, it's Croatian instead.
On signs in:
- Slovenia