Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
South Africa
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
South Africa
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
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Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
hallo
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Dankie
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
goeie nag
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
goeie more
Please
Молим (Molim)
asseblief
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
jammer
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Totsiens
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
-
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Serbia
-
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Namibia
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Cape Dutch
French Name
serbe
afrikaans
German Name
Serbisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Afrikaners
Origin
11th Century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
afri1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
Serbian and Afrikaans Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Serbian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Afrikaans language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Afrikaans Difficulty
The Serbian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Serbian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.