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Slovak and Serbian


Serbian and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Czech Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Slovak-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
46  
26
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
5  
2

How Many Consonants
38  
27
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Ďakujem vám  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Dobrú noc  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Dobrý večer  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Dobré ráno  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Prosím  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Pardón!  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Dovidenia  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Central Slovak  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Western Slovak  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
5,500,000.00  
37
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
5.20 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

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

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina  
Montenegrin  

French Name
slovaque  
serbe  

German Name
Slowakisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsləʊvæk]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Slovaks  
Serbs  

History

Origin
6th Century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Slovak  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
27  
25
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Slovak Sign Language  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sk  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
slo  
srp  

ISO 639 3
slk  
srp  

ISO 639 6
slk  
srp  

Glottocode
slov1269  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Slovak and Serbian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovak and Serbian Speaking population

Slovak and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Slovak and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Slovak and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Slovak language is 0.14 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Slovak and Serbian on Slovak vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Slovak and Serbian Language Codes

Slovak and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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