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 Sundanese Language
According to Wikipedia.org, Sundanese is pronounced as basa sʊnda. It is a Malayo-Polynesian language that is spoken by Sundanese people. It has got 40 million native speakers in the western part of Java. They represent about 15% of the total population. You will be surprised to know that Sundanese has a lot of dialects. It includes western, northern, southern, mid-east, and northeast dialects. The Priangan dialect covers the largest areas of the Sundanese language. It is also taught in elementary schools and other forms of education. This language is written in different writing systems if we look at history. The old Sundanese script is also full of this writing script. If we talk about the Pegon script it is still commonly used among other options. There are around 18 consonants in Sundanese phonology.
