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Serbian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Sweden  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Finland  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Antartica, Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Norwegian and Danish Language  

Derived From
-  
Old Norse Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
9  
6

How Many Consonants
25  
15
18  
8

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
hej  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
tacka dig  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
hur mår du  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
godnatt  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
god kväll  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
god eftermiddag  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
god morgon  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
vänligen  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
ledsen  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
hej då  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
jag älskar dig  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ursäkta mig  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Gabon  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
35
78,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Dialects  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Georgia  

How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00  
34
78,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Dialects  

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
96,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
15.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Svenska  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Ruotsi, Svenska  

French Name
serbe  
suédois  

German Name
Serbisch  
Schwedisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Swedes, Finland Swedes  

History

Origin
11th Century  
13th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Swedish  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Standard Swedish  

Language Position
44  
99+
89  
99+

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
sv  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
swe  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
swe  

ISO 639 3
srp  
swe  

ISO 639 6
srp  
swe  

Glottocode
serb1264  
swed1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
52-AAA-ck to -cw  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Serbian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Swedish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Serbian vs Swedish Difficulty

The Serbian vs Swedish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Swedish 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 Swedish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Swedish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Swedish time required is 24 weeks.

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