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Serbian and Greek


Countries

Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Roman Empire  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
  • 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
Armenian  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
24  
6
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
17  
7
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic, 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
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
αντίο (antío)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Greece  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
2,800.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Griko  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
50,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Mariupol  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Ukraine  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00  
28
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.18 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
13.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
13.00 million  
37
12.00 million  
38

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

Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic  
Montenegrin  

French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)  
serbe  

German Name
Neugriechisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Hellenic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Greek  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
74  
99+
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
el  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ell  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
gre  
srp  

ISO 639 3
ell  
srp  

ISO 639 6
ells  
srp  

Glottocode
gree1276  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
56-AAA-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Greek and Serbian Speaking population

Greek and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % 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 Greek and Serbian on Greek vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Serbian Language Codes

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

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