Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Bulgaria
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
- 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
Macedonian language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Alphabets in
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Моля (Molja)
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Serbia
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Balgarski
Montenegrin
French Name
bulgare
serbe
German Name
Bulgarisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Bulgarian people
Serbs
Origin
9th Century
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
bulg1262
serb1264
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian and Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Bulgarian and Serbian Speaking population
Bulgarian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 % 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 Bulgarian and Serbian on Bulgarian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bulgarian and Serbian Language Codes
Bulgarian and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.