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Serbian and Norwegian


Countries

Countries
Norway  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Norway  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Nynorsk  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Norwegian Language Council  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  
  • 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
Swedish and Danish Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
takk  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
hvordan har du det?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
god natt  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
god kveld  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
god ettermiddag  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
god morgen  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Vær så snill  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
unnskyld  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
ha det  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Jeg Elsker Deg  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
unnskyld meg  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jamtlandic  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Jamtland,Harjedalen  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
30,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Sognamål  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Sogn  
Serbia  

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

Dialect 3
Hallingmål-Valdris  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Hallingdal, Valdres  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
38
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
19  
17
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.07 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

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

Alternative Names
Norsk  
Montenegrin  

French Name
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  
serbe  

German Name
Nynorsk  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Norwegians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
c. 1300 AD  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Nynorsk, Bokmål  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
18  
16
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Norwegian  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
no  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nor  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
nor  
srp  

ISO 639 3
nor  
srp  

ISO 639 6
nor  
srp  

Glottocode
norw1258  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Norwegian and Serbian Speaking population

Norwegian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Norwegian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Norwegian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 % 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 Norwegian and Serbian on Norwegian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Norwegian and Serbian Language Codes

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

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