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Serbian vs Marathi


Marathi vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Israel, Mauritius  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Konkani Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
16  
13

How Many Consonants
25  
15
36  
26

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
बाय (Bāya)  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Maharashtrian Konkani  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Kokan  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
2,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Varhadi  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Vidarbha  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
7,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Khandeshi  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Khandesh  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
1,900,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
42  
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
71.00 million  
25

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
1.10 %  
19

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
68.00 million  
16

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
3.00 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
मराठी (marāṭhī)  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  

French Name
serbe  
marathe  

German Name
Serbisch  
Marathi  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Marathi people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
10th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Maharashtri Prakrit  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Marathi  

Language Position
44  
99+
17  
15

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
mr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
mar  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
mar  

ISO 639 3
srp  
mar  

ISO 639 6
srp  
mar  

Glottocode
serb1264  
mara1378  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
omr  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Serbian and Marathi Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Marathi language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Marathi language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Marathi language states that this language originated in 10th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Serbian and Marathi Language History.

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Serbian and Marathi 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 Marathi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Marathi language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Marathi word for "Thank You" is धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Marathi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Marathi Difficulty

The Serbian vs Marathi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Marathi 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 Marathi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Marathi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Marathi time required is 4 weeks.

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