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Countries

Countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia

Total No. Of Countries

4
Rank: 11 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia

Second Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe

Minority Language

Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia

Regulated By

Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language

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.

Similar To

Bosnian and Croatian Languages

Derived From

-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

30
Rank: 12 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

5
Rank: 2 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

25
Rank: 15 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Здраво (Zdravo)

Thank You

Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)

How Are You?

Како си? (Kako si?)

Good Night

Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)

Good Evening

Добро вече (Dobro veče)

Good Afternoon

Добар дан (Dobar dan)

Good Morning

Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)

Please

Молим (Molim)

Sorry

Жао ми је (Žao mi je)

Bye

Довиђења (Doviđenja)

I Love You

Волим те (Volim te)

Excuse Me

Извините (Izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Prizren-Timok

Where They Speak

Southeastern Serbia

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00
Rank: 35 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Smederevo–Vršac

Where They Speak

Serbia

How Many People Speak

12,000,000.00
Rank: 34 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Torlakian

Where They Speak

Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.00
Rank: 51 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

3
Rank: 3 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

8.70 million
Rank: 60 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.13 %
Rank: 54 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

8.70 million
Rank: 50 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

12.00 million
Rank: 38 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)

Alternative Names

Montenegrin

French Name

serbe

German Name

Serbisch

Pronunciation

[sr̩̂pskiː]

Ethnicity

Serbs

History

Origin

11th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Serbian

Language Position

44
Rank: 41 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

srp

ISO 639 2/B

srp

ISO 639 3

srp

ISO 639 6

srp

Glottocode

serb1264

Linguasphere

53-AAA-g

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

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Origin of Serbian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Serbian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Serbian language states that it was put to use in 11th Century. The history of Serbian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Serbian Language History. Serbian has no early forms. Standard Serbian is the standard form of Serbian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Serbian Language.

Serbian population

Serbian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Serbian language. Serbian language is spoken by 8.70 million people in the world. Most of the Serbian population lies in the Serbian Speaking Countries. Serbian language is spoken as first language by 8.70 million people and as second language by about 12.00 million people. Get to know Serbian speaking population in detail.

Serbian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Serbian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Serbian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Cyrillic, Latin script is used by Serbian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Serbian language

Check out all the information about Serbian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Serbian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Serbian Speaking Countries, Serbian speaking continents and Serbian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Serbian countries knowing common Serbian Greetings will help you in communicating with Serbian people.