Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
South Africa
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
English-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Hello
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Thank you
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
How are you?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Night
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Good Morning
Please
Молим (Molim)
Please
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Sorry
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Bye
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
I love you
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
American English
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
United States of America
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
Serbia
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Welsh English
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
United Kingdom
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
English
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
English
French Name
serbe
anglais
German Name
Serbisch
Englisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Serbs
English people
Origin
11th Century
5th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Standard English
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
stan1293
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic