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Serbian and Swedish


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
4  
11

National Language
Sweden  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Finland  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Europe  

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

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

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
29  
11
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
5  
2

How Many Consonants
18  
8
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
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hej  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
tacka dig  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

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

Good Night
godnatt  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
god kväll  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
vänligen  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
ledsen  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
hej då  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

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

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Southeastern Serbia  

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

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
Serbia  

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

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Torlakian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

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

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Montenegrin  

French Name
suédois  
serbe  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Serbs  

History

Origin
13th Century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
89  
99+
44  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
srp  

ISO 639 3
swe  
srp  

ISO 639 6
swe  
srp  

Glottocode
swed1254  
serb1264  

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

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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All Swedish 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 Swedish and Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Swedish and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swedish are spoken in different Swedish Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swedish vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swedish dialects include: Dialects, Dialects. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Swedish and Serbian Speaking population

Swedish and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swedish and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Swedish and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swedish language is 0.13 % 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 Swedish and Serbian on Swedish vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Swedish and Serbian Language Codes

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

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