Croatian

Why Learn Croatian?

Speakers
About 5.1 million as a first language (2021–2023)
Official in
Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, and in the European Union

Croatian Course Levels

  1. Level 1I'm just starting out or know only a few words
  2. Level 2I can handle simple exchanges
  3. Level 3I follow conversations on familiar topics
  4. Level 4I understand most content but miss some nuance
  5. Level 5I read complex topics but rare words slow me down
  6. Level 6I can read almost anything

How Long Does It Take to Learn Croatian?

The U.S. Foreign Service Institute plans 1,012 class hours for its English-speaking students to use Serbo-Croatian at work. That is about 44 weeks of classes, plus about 17 hours a week of study on their own. FSI gives one figure for all Serbo-Croatian, Croatian included.

Here is how long 1,012 hours takes at your own pace:

3½ hours a week
About 5 years 6 months
7 hours a week
About 2 years 9 months
14 hours a week
About 1 year 5 months
28 hours a week
About 8 months

Common Questions About Learning Croatian

Does Bubblegum teach Croatian?

Yes. Bubblegum teaches Croatian.

Is Bubblegum good for beginners?

If you are serious about learning Croatian, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like.

Which levels does Bubblegum teach?

Bubblegum has six levels, from Level 1 ("I'm just starting out or know only a few words") to Level 6 ("I can read almost anything"). You can change your level at any time.

Do the Croatian lessons have audio?

Yes. Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.

Can I practice speaking Croatian?

Yes. In live voice chat, you talk out loud in Croatian with Poppy, your AI tutor.

Which languages can Poppy explain Croatian in?

Poppy explains Croatian in any of the 74 languages the app comes in. The language pairs page shows how much of the Croatian grammar and dictionary is ready in each one.

Is Bubblegum free?

Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Croatian language (the standard variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Croats; 5.1 million first-language speakers, Ethnologue 2021–2023; the official language of Croatia and one of the official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Vojvodina and the European Union)
  2. U.S. Department of State, Foreign Language Training (Category III: about 44 weeks, 1,012 class hours; Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese)