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Serbian vs 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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Greek and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Greek vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Greek and Serbian language. History of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Greek and Serbian Language History.

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Greek and Serbian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Greek and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Serbian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Greek vs Serbian Difficulty

The Greek vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek Alphabets and Serbian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Greek and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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