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Serbian and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
India  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
52  
31
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
5  
2

How Many Consonants
36  
26
25  
15

Scripts
Devanagari  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Torlakian  

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

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
19
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Montenegrin  

French Name
marathe  
serbe  

German Name
Marathi  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
10th century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
17  
15
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
srp  

ISO 639 3
mar  
srp  

ISO 639 6
mar  
srp  

Glottocode
mara1378  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
omr  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Marathi and Serbian Speaking population

Marathi and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Serbian on Marathi vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Serbian Language Codes

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

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