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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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Swedish and Serbian Language History

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

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

Swedish vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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