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Voting on ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict (i.redd.it)
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[–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

It's a lovely name! What I really want to know is, is it still pronounced like "Croatia"? In my mind you could kind of do it like "Hro-vaisha" maybe? Maybe someone who knows tha answer will show up!

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Not at all similar.

    The r after the H is"hard"/rolling. The Hr sound alone is probably where most non natives will have trouble. The closest sound is probably the pirate "Arrrr".

    The ts is a sharp "z" sound ( like the plural ending in farts) and the k sound is also hard/sharp ( like in Mikado).

    Despite appearing and sounding different, Hrvatska is actually the modern development of the early medieval Latin word "Croatia".

    It's also common in many languages to call the country by a translation of Croatia instead of Hrvatska. The proper way to address the country would be "Republic of Hrvatska" and its people as "Hrvati" instead of "Croats".

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