Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
41
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Haiti
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Cuba
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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 the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
French Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3029
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2520
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Bonjou
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Mèsi
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Bon nwit
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Bon apre-midi
Please
Молим (Molim)
Souple
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Dezole
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Babay
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Serbia
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Torlakian
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Cayes
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.13 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
8.70 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
12.00 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
serbe
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Serbisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Haitians
Origin
11th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Haitian Creole
Language Position
4499
1
120
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Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sr
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
srp
hat
ISO 639 2/B
srp
hat
ISO 639 3
srp
hat
ISO 639 6
srp
hat
Glottocode
serb1264
hait1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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