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Estonian and Serbian


Serbian and Estonian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27  
9
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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
1,300,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Torlakian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

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  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
22  
20
44  
99+

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  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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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.

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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.

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