Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Hawaii
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
谢谢
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
你好吗？
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
晚安
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
晚上好
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
下午好
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
早上好
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
遗憾
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
再见
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
我爱你
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
原谅我
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Serbia
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Hong Kong
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
serbe
cantonais
German Name
Serbisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Han Chinese
Origin
11th Century
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
sr
No data available
ISO 639 3
srp
No data available
Glottocode
serb1264
cant1236
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Serbian and Cantonese 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 Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Serbian and Cantonese Speaking population
Serbian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. 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 Cantonese on Serbian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Serbian and Cantonese Language Codes
Serbian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.