Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
South Africa
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
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Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
hallo
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Dankie
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
goeie more
Please
Молим (Molim)
asseblief
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
jammer
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Totsiens
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
-
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Serbia
-
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Namibia
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Cape Dutch
French Name
serbe
afrikaans
German Name
Serbisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Afrikaners
Origin
11th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
All Serbian and Afrikaans 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 Serbian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Serbian and Afrikaans Speaking population
Serbian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Serbian and Afrikaans on Serbian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Serbian and Afrikaans Language Codes
Serbian and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.