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Dutch and Serbian


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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
11

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   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Torlakian   

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

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
1,500,000.00   
17

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 %   
38
Not Available   

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
48   
35
44   
33

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available. 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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