1. CroLang-pages related questions

Q1.1. What CroLang course material is available?

A booklet in PostScript (TM) format (~100 Kb; download here) - can be viewed with PostScript viewer (e.g. Ghostview, Xpsview, Pageview) or printed on a printer that supports PostScript format.

Q1.2. Are there any CDs or audio tapes available?

No.

Q1.3 Where can I get Croatian True Type fonts for MS Windows (TM)?

Croatian Fonts for Windows (Latin II)

Q1.4 Where can I get Croatian fonts for Macintosh (TM)?

Try downloading them here.

ALternatively, you may download True Type fonts and convert them using TTConvert.

Q1.5 Where can I get (La)TeX fonts for Croatian?

Babel is a LaTeX 2e package that provides support for the following languages: Bahasa, Breton, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Estonian, Finnish, French, Galician, German, Irish, Italian, Lower Sorbian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portugese, Romanian, Scottish, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Upper Sorbian. (NOTE: The babel package does not support languages such as Russian, Greek, and Chinese which do not use the Roman alphabet.) Additional information on the babel package can be found in "The LaTeX Companion" by Goossens, Mittelbach, and Samarin (Addison-Wesley).

To download, go to the nearest Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN) archive (beware! -- help from your system administrator will be needed for installation).

Quick fix (old, but still good): hrvatex.tex (by Nenad Antonic, University of Zagreb, Dept. of mathematics; message from 5 Jun 1995 in Usenet newsgroup hr.comp)

2. Other study material (dictionaries, grammar books, textbooks, tapes, CDs)

(Please note that the inclusion on this lists does not imply CroLang's endorsement of authors or products listed below . We assume no responsibility regarding the content and/or suitability. Links can be added /deleted at Editor's discretion.)

Dictionaries:

• Langenscheidt (Germany) provides a number of dictionaries (Croatian - foreign language and foreign language - Croatian in one volume; e.g. English, German, Italian, French) (in Canada, available through McMaster University Bookstore)
• Electronic English-Croatian-English dictionary and translator (792433 bytes, 28-02-95, zip file) download: Brazil; Chile; Greece.
• Croatian-English-Croatian Dictionary (commercial) 100.000 words, phonetic symbols, minimal configuration PC 386, 4Mb RAM, 10 Mb free space

Schools, course material:

• Croatian Schools of America - Australia - Canada (textbooks, tapes, grammar, songs etc. in their bookstore)
• University of Zagreb, Winter and summer school of Croatian language and culture
• Croatian for Foreigners, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Centar za strane jezike Vodnikova
  • Svjetski jezici Zagreb
• CROAT 101 - First Year Croatian, Distance Education Courses, University of Waterloo, Canada

3. Miscellaneous

• Where can I find more information on Croatian communities outside Croatia?
  Try the list of Croatian Organisations Worldwide.
• What is a good starting page to learn more about Croatia?
  See Home page of Republic of Croatia and a Directory of Croatian Web sites, www.hr.
• How do you say "I love you" in Croatian?
  I love you = Volim te