Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Halo
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Hvala
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Lahko noč
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Dober večer
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Prosim
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Oprostite
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Nasvidenje
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Ljubim te
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Resian
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Italy
Serbia
Dialect 3
Styrian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Name
Not available
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Montenegrin
French Name
slovène
serbe
German Name
Slowenisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Origin
972-1093
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Slovene
Standard Serbian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
slov1268
serb1264
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Not Available
Slovene and Serbian 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 Slovene and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Slovene and Serbian language. Slovene word for "Hello" is Halo or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Slovene Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Slovene vs Serbian Difficulty
The Slovene vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Slovene Alphabets and Serbian 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 Slovene and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Slovene and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Slovene is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.