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Dutch and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
6  
9

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
France, Germany, Indonesia  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
German and English Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Hallo  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
dankjewel  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
hoe gaat het met je?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
goede Nacht  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
goedenavond  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
goedemiddag  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
goedemorgen  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
alsjeblieft  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
sorry  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
vaarwel  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Ik hou van jou  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
pardon  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Gronings  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
590,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Low Saxon  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
4,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Limburgian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Belgium, Netherlands  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
7  
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.32 %  
40

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
22.00 million  
35

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
6.00 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Nederlands  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Hollands, Nederlands  

French Name
serbe  
néerlandais; flamand  

German Name
Serbisch  
Niederländisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Dutch people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
AD 450-500  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Standard Dutch  

Language Position
44  
99+
48  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
nl  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
nld  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
dut  

ISO 639 3
srp  
nld  

ISO 639 6
srp  
nld  

Glottocode
serb1264  
mode1257  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
52-ACB-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Historical  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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All Serbian and Dutch 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 Dutch dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Dutch language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Dutch Dialects are spoken in different Dutch speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Dutch Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Dutch dialects include: Gronings , Low Saxon. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Dutch Speaking population

Serbian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Serbian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Dutch Language Codes

Serbian and Dutch language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Dutch Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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