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Serbian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Norway  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
hallo  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
takk  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
god natt  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
god morgen  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
unnskyld  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
ha det  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
5.00 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Norsk  

French Name
serbe  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Serbisch  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
11th Century  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
44  
99+
18  
16

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
nor  

ISO 639 3
srp  
nor  

ISO 639 6
srp  
nor  

Glottocode
serb1264  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Serbian and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Serbian and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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