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Serbian and Slovak


Slovak and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  

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  
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Czech Language  

Derived From
-  
Czech-Slovak Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
46  
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
15  
12

How Many Consonants
25  
15
38  
27

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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)  
Ahoj  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Ďakujem vám  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Ako sa máte?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Dobrú noc  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Dobrý večer  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Dobré popoludnie  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Dobré ráno  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Prosím  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Pardón!  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Dovidenia  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Ľúbim Ťa  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Prepáčte!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Eastern Slovak  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Central Slovak  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
5,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Western Slovak  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
5,500,000.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
5.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
6.00 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Slovakian, Slovencina  

French Name
serbe  
slovaque  

German Name
Serbisch  
Slowakisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ˈsləʊvæk]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Slovaks  

History

Origin
11th Century  
6th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Slavic  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Slovak  

Language Position
44  
99+
27  
25

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Slovak Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
sk  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
slk  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
slo  

ISO 639 3
srp  
slk  

ISO 639 6
srp  
slk  

Glottocode
serb1264  
slov1269  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
53-AAA-db  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Synthetic  

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

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Serbian and Slovak Speaking population

Serbian and Slovak speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Slovak languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Slovak Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 %. 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 Slovak on Serbian vs Slovak where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Slovak Language Codes

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

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