Croatian in Croatia

Speakers

4,096,305

Type

Location

Croatian in Croatia

Country

Information available

1. Basics

Names

Croatian in Croatia

Size

4,096,305

2. Status

Status

  • Official country wide language
  • Official regional language
  • Official minority language
  • Recognised community language
  • Unrecognised community language
National language
No
Indigenous language
No

3. State

Documentation: materials

Written

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Video

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Audio

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Documentation: descriptions

Standardization

Graphisation & script encoding

4. Users

Geographical distribution

Size / Number of users

Number of users

4096305
Source
census
Year
2011

Users within total population

95.00000
100 % use the language

PROPORTION

95
Source
census, 2011

Users within the reference community

100 % use the language
Actual percentage
95
Source
census, 2011

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of middle generations (15-65)

Age distribution of users

0
percentage of members of young generations (< 15)

Age distribution of users

percentage of members of older generations (> 65)

Generational use

All generations

Educational attainment

20
80
55,682
No education
Source

census, 2011

Early childhood education
Source

census, 2011

21
79
31,947
Primary education
Source

census, 2011

38
62
964,923
Lower secondary education
Source

census, 2011

54
46
1,838,410
Higher secondary education
Source

census, 2011

47
53
572,760
Tertiary education
Source

census, 2011

Occupational qualifications

48
52
102,635
Elementary occupations
Source

census, 2011

81
19
126,233
Plant and machine operators and assemblers
Source

census, 2011

89
11
177,144
Craft and related trades workers
Source

census, 2011

67
33
51,214
Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers
Source

census, 2011

40
60
278,514
Services and sales workers
Source

census, 2011

31
69
159,672
Clerical support workers
Source

census, 2011

54
46
241,739
Technicians and associate professionals
Source

census, 2011

38
62
233,459
Professionals
Source

census, 2011

71
29
63,311
Managers
Source

census, 2011

Language competence

Language not used
Understand little, speak/sign none
Understand some, speak/sign little
Understand well, speak/sign some
Understand all, speak/sign well
Understand all, speak/sign fluently

Literacy of users

(Almost) 100 % of users with literacy in the language

Digital use

5. Use

Socio-geographic dimension

Geographic scope
  • International
  • Supranational
  • Cross-border (states)
  • State-wide
  • Supra-regional cross-border
  • Supra-regional
  • Regional cross-border
  • Regional
  • Local

Economic dimension

Functional dimension

Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains
Functional scope
  • Public domains
  • Everyday domains
  • Private domains

Functional use in administration

Types of language use

Ethnoculture

Formal Education

Early childhood education
Primary level
Lower secondary level
Higher secondary level
Tertiary level

Public healthcare

Information, communication and cultural production

Legal system

Completion