Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
France, Germany, Indonesia
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)
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.
- Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
- There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
German and English Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Dutch-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)
dankjewel
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
hoe gaat het met je?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
goede Nacht
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
goedenavond
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
goedemiddag
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
goedemorgen
Please
Молим (Molim)
alsjeblieft
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
sorry
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
vaarwel
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Ik hou van jou
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
pardon
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Gronings
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Low Saxon
Where They Speak
Serbia
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Limburgian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Belgium, Netherlands
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Nederlands
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Hollands, Nederlands
French Name
serbe
néerlandais; flamand
German Name
Serbisch
Niederländisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Dutch people
Origin
11th Century
AD 450-500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Germanic
Branch
Not Available
Western
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Standard Dutch
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
serb1264
mode1257
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
52-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Serbian and Dutch 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 Dutch greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Dutch language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Dutch word for "Thank You" is dankjewel. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Dutch Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Dutch Difficulty
The Serbian vs Dutch difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Dutch 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 Dutch are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Dutch, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Dutch time required is 24 weeks.