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Serbian and Cantonese


Cantonese and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Hong Kong, Macau   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Chinese Characters and derivatives   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
10   
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
您好   

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   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
请   

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   

Dialects

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   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
Not Available   
16.00 %   
2

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
52.00 million   
21

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Kwang Tung Wa   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   

French Name
serbe   
Not Available   

German Name
Serbisch   
Not Available   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
11th Century   
17th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Sino-Tibetan Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard Cantonese   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
Not Available   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
Not Available   

ISO 639 3
srp   
No data available   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
cant1236   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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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.

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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 Not Available 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.

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