Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Bulgaria, European Union
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bulgaria
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Institute for the Bulgarian 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.
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Macedonian language
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Молим (Molim)
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Bulgaria
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Serbia
Bulgaria
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Bulgaria
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Balgarski
French Name
serbe
bulgare
German Name
Serbisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Bulgarian people
Origin
11th Century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Standard Bulgarian
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
bulg1262
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Serbian and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Bulgarian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Serbian vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.