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Serbian and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
23   
4
4   
11

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
28   
18
25   
15

Scripts
Arabic   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
شكرا   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
تصبح على خير   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
مساء الخير   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
صباح الخير   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
من فضلك   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
آسف   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
وداعا   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
أحبك   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
اعذرني   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Torlakian   

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

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million   
4
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
4.43 %   
6
Not Available   

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
Not Available   

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   
Montenegrin   

French Name
arabe   
serbe   

German Name
Arabisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Serbs   

History

Origin
512 CE   
11th Century   

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
25   
21
44   
33

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ar   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
ara   
srp   

ISO 639 3
ara   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Arabic and Serbian Speaking population

Arabic and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available. 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 Arabic and Serbian on Arabic vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Serbian Language Codes

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

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