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Russian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Russia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Afganistan  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences  

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages  

Derived From
-  
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
33  
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
10  
7

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
спасибо(spasibo)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Как дела? (Kak dela?)  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Извините(Izvinite)  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
до свидания(do svidaniya)  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
извините(izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Doukhobor Russian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan  

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Olonets  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Olonets  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
154,000,000.00  
2

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Novgorod  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Novgorod  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
154,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
276.00 million  
6

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
2.33 %  
9

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
166.00 million  
8

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
110.00 million  
7

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Russki  

French Name
serbe  
russe  

German Name
Serbisch  
Russisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Russians  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Eastern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old East Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Standard Russian  

Language Position
44  
99+
7  
7

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Signed Russian  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
ru  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
rus  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
rus  

ISO 639 3
srp  
rus  

ISO 639 6
srp  
rus  

Glottocode
serb1264  
russ1263  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
53-AAA-ea  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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

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Serbian and Russian Speaking population

Serbian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Serbian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Russian Language Codes

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

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