Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Austria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics
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.
- In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
- Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Serbain and Bosnian
Derived From
-
Church Slavonic
Alphabets in
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Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
bok
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
hvala
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
kako si
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
laku noć
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
dobra večer
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
dobar dan
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
dobro jutro
Please
Молим (Molim)
molim
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Oprostite
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Doviđenja
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Volim te
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Ispričavam se
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Croatia
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Serbia
Croatia
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
hrvatski
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Hrvatski
German Name
Serbisch
Kroatisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
Origin
11th Century
9th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Croatian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
croa1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
part of 53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
Fusional, Synthetic
All Serbian and Croatian 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 Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Serbian and Croatian Speaking population
Serbian and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Croatian on Serbian vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Serbian and Croatian Language Codes
Serbian and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.