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Serbian and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
South Africa  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
21  
11
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
dankjewel  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
alsjeblieft  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
sorry  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
vaarwel  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
pardon  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Nederlands  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Montenegrin  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
serbe  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
48  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
srp  

ISO 639 3
nld  
srp  

ISO 639 6
nld  
srp  

Glottocode
mode1257  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Dutch 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 Dutch and Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Dutch and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Dutch are spoken in different Dutch Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Dutch vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Dutch dialects include: Gronings, Low Saxon. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Dutch and Serbian Speaking population

Dutch and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Serbian on Dutch vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Serbian Language Codes

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

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