Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
European Union, Hungary, Serbia, Vojvodina, Serbia
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Austria, Gambia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
United States of America
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Austria, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
known, Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Magyar Tudományos Akadémia Nyelvtudományi Intézete)
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.
- Hungarian language has only preserved most of its ancient elements.
- 'Magyar' is the Hungarian name for the language, the 'Magyar' is also used as an English word to refer to Hungarian people.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Mansi and Khanty Languages
Derived From
Not Available
East and South Slavic Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
szia
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
köszönöm
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Hogy vagy?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Jó Éjszakát
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
jó Estét
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Jó Napot Kívánok
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
jó Reggelt
Please
Молим (Molim)
Kérlek
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
bocsi
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
viszlát
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Szeretlek
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
elnézést
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Csángó
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Bacău County, Rumania
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Oberwart
Where They Speak
Serbia
Austria
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Székely
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Székely Land
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
magyar / magyar nyelv
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Magyar
French Name
serbe
hongrois
German Name
Serbisch
Ungarisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[ˈmɒɟɒr]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Hungarians
Origin
11th Century
1192 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Finno-Ugric
Branch
Not Available
Ugric
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Hungarian
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Modern Hungarian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
serb1264
hung1274
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
ohu
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Serbian and Hungarian 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 Hungarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Hungarian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Hungarian word for "Thank You" is köszönöm. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Hungarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Hungarian Difficulty
The Serbian vs Hungarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Hungarian 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 Hungarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Hungarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Hungarian time required is 44 weeks.