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Serbian
Serbian

Latvian
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Countries

Countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Latvia

Total No. Of Countries

42
0 46
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National Language

Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Latvia

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
Not spoken in any of the countries

Regulated By

Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Latvian State Language Center

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.
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.

Similar To

Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Lithuanian Language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3033
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

59
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2524
9 60
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Scripts

Cyrillic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Здраво (Zdravo)
Sveiki

Thank You

Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Paldies

How Are You?

Како си? (Kako si?)
Kā jums klājas?

Good Night

Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Ar labunakti

Good Evening

Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Labvakar

Good Afternoon

Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Labdien

Good Morning

Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Labrīt

Please

Молим (Molim)
lūdzu

Sorry

Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Piedodiet!

Bye

Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Uz redzēšanos

I Love You

Волим те (Volim te)
Es tevi mīlu

Excuse Me

Извините (Izvinite)
Piedodiet!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Prizren-Timok
Livonian

Where They Speak

Southeastern Serbia
Latvia

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.001,500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Smederevo–Vršac
Middle Latvian

Where They Speak

Serbia
Latvia

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.002,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Torlakian
High Latvian

Where They Speak

Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
France, Latvia

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

33
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

8.70 million1.75 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.70 million1.75 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

12.00 million2.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
latviešu valoda

Alternative Names

Montenegrin
Lettish

French Name

serbe
letton

German Name

Serbisch
Lettisch

Pronunciation

[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ˈlætviən]

Ethnicity

Serbs
Latvians or Letts

History

Origin

11th Century
1530

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Baltic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Serbian
Latvian

Language Position

449
1 120
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Signed Forms

Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Latvian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sr
lv

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

srp
lav

ISO 639 2/B

srp
lav

ISO 639 3

srp
lav

ISO 639 6

srp
lav

Glottocode

serb1264
latv1249

Linguasphere

53-AAA-g
54-AAB-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

-
Synthetic

Serbian and Latvian Alphabets

Serbian and Latvian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Serbian and Latvian. In Serbian Alphabets there are 30 letters while in Latvian Alphabets there are 33 letters. To learn Serbian and Latvian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Serbian and Latvian languages. The Serbian phonology consist Serbian vowels and Serbian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Serbian greetings vs Latvian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Serbian and Latvian are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Serbian and Latvian Speaking population

Serbian and Latvian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Latvian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Latvian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Latvian language is 0.07 %. 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 Latvian on Serbian vs Latvian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Latvian Language Codes

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