Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Macedonian language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Молим (Molim)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Bulgaria
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Serbia
Bulgaria
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Balgarski
French Name
serbe
bulgare
German Name
Serbisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Serbs
Not Available
Origin
11th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
serb1264
bulg1262
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Serbian and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Serbian and Bulgarian Speaking population
Serbian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available. 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 Bulgarian on Serbian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Serbian and Bulgarian Language Codes
Serbian and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.