Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Europe
Minority Language
South Africa
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
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Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
- 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Thank you
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
How are you?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Please
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
I love you
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
American English
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
United States of America
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Serbia
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Torlakian
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Native Name
English
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
English
Montenegrin
French Name
anglais
serbe
German Name
Englisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
English people
Serbs
Origin
5th Century AD
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Signed English
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
stan1293
serb1264
Linguasphere
52-ABA
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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