Home
Languagevs


Italian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
4  
11

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
16  
6
25  
15

Scripts
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ciao  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
grazie  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
buonasera  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Per Favore  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
scusate  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
arrivederci  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Ti amo  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
12.00 million  
38

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

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Montenegrin  

French Name
italien  
serbe  

German Name
Italienisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
960 BC  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
27  
25
44  
99+

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
srp  

ISO 639 3
ita  
srp  

ISO 639 6
itas  
srp  

Glottocode
ital1282  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

Countries >>
<< All

Italian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Serbian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 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 Italian and Serbian Language History.

Compare Most Difficult Languages

Italian 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 Italian and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Italian and Serbian language. Italian word for "Hello" is ciao or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Italian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Italian vs Serbian Difficulty

The Italian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages