About Croatian Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Croatian is the standard version of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language. It is used by Croats especially in Croatia, Bosnia, and Herzegovina. It is also widely spoken in the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighboring countries. Croatian is the official language of the European Union. The standard Croatian language is based on the dialect of Serbo- Croatian and Shtokavian. Apart from the Shtokavian dialect, there are other two major dialects spoken in the territory of Croatia, Chakavian, and Kajkavian. All the native speakers are covered under the term ‘’Serbo-Croatian in English. This term is considered controversial for some native speakers. However, some people use it in diplomatic circles. The Croatian language is characterized by Ijekavian pronunciation. There are a lot of Latin alphabets used in it that make it different from Serbian.
About Filipino Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Filipino is the national language of the Philippines. Filipino is designated, along with English, and is the official language of the country. Tagalog is the first language of 24 million people and about one-fourth of the Philippine population speak Filipino. Filipino is spoken in "the native dialect and is written, in Metro Manila. It is also spoken in the urban centers of the archipelago". About 90% of the population speak Filipino and 60% can English in the Philippines. Filipino, uses verb-subject-object order and has head-initial directionality. It displays inflection and is not a tonal language. It has a pitch-accent language and a syllable-timed language. Filipino is officially taken as a pluricentric language and is enriched and developed by other Philippine Languages Filipino is enriched with grammatical properties and differs from Tagalog in many ways.
