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Estonian
Estonian

Serbian
Serbian



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Countries

Countries

Estonia, European Union
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Estonia, Gambia
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia

Regulated By

Institute of the Estonian Language
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language

Interesting Facts

  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  • 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

Finnish
Bosnian and Croatian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2730
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

95
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1825
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

25
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Tere
Здраво (Zdravo)

Thank You

aitäh
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)

How Are You?

kuidas sul läheb
Како си? (Kako si?)

Good Night

Head ööd
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)

Good Evening

Tere õhtust
Добро вече (Dobro veče)

Good Afternoon

Tere päevast
Добар дан (Dobar dan)

Good Morning

Tere hommikust
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)

Please

Palun
Молим (Molim)

Sorry

Vabandust
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)

Bye

Head aega
Довиђења (Doviđenja)

I Love You

ma armastan sind
Волим те (Volim te)

Excuse Me

Vabandage
Извините (Izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Keskmurre
Prizren-Timok

Where They Speak

Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
Southeastern Serbia

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tartu
Smederevo–Vršac

Where They Speak

Georgia, South Estonia
Serbia

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.0012,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Idamurre
Torlakian

Where They Speak

France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

How Many People Speak

1,300,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

83
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

1.10 million8.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.03 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.95 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.10 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

eesti keel
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)

Alternative Names

Eesti keel
Montenegrin

French Name

estonien
serbe

German Name

Estnisch
Serbisch

Pronunciation

[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
[sr̩̂pskiː]

Ethnicity

Estonians
Serbs

History

Origin

13th century
11th Century

Language Family

Uralic Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Finno-Ugric
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Branch

Finnic
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Estonian
Standard Serbian

Language Position

2244
1 120
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Signed Forms

Estonian Sign Language
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)

Scope

Macrolanguage
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

et
sr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

est
srp

ISO 639 2/B

est
srp

ISO 639 3

est
srp

ISO 639 6

est
srp

Glottocode

esto1258
serb1264

Linguasphere

No data available
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Agglutinative
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Estonian and Serbian Alphabets

Estonian and Serbian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Estonian and Serbian. In Estonian Alphabets there are 27 letters while in Serbian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Estonian and Serbian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Estonian and Serbian languages. The Estonian phonology consist Estonian vowels and Estonian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Estonian greetings vs Serbian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Estonian and Serbian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Estonian and Serbian Speaking population

Estonian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % 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 Estonian and Serbian on Estonian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Serbian Language Codes

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