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Serbian and Estonian


Estonian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Estonia, Gambia  

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  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
  
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Finnish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Tere  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Palun  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Vabandust  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Head aega  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Eesti keel  

French Name
serbe  
estonien  

German Name
Serbisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Estonians  

History

Origin
11th Century  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Estonian  

Language Position
44  
99+
22  
20

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Estonian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
est  

ISO 639 3
srp  
est  

ISO 639 6
srp  
est  

Glottocode
serb1264  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Serbian and Estonian Speaking population

Serbian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Estonian on Serbian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Estonian Language Codes

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

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