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Arabic vs Serbian


Serbian vs 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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Arabic and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Serbian language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE 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 Arabic and Serbian Language History.

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

Arabic vs Serbian Difficulty

The Arabic vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic 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 Arabic and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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