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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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