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Serbian and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
4  
11

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Amharic and Hebrew  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Arabic.jpg#200  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
28  
10
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
28  
18
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
شكرا  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
من فضلك  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
آسف  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
وداعا  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
أحبك  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Montenegrin  

French Name
arabe  
serbe  

German Name
Arabisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Serbs  

History

Origin
512 CE  
11th Century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
25  
23
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
srp  

ISO 639 3
ara  
srp  

ISO 639 6
ara  
srp  

Glottocode
arab1395  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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All Arabic and Serbian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Arabic and Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Arabic and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Arabic are spoken in different Arabic Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Arabic vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Arabic dialects include: Maghrebi, Sudanese. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Arabic and Serbian Speaking population

Arabic and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Arabic and Serbian on Arabic vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Serbian Language Codes

Arabic and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Arabic and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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