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Cantonese and Serbian


Serbian and Cantonese


Countries

Countries
Hong Kong, Macau   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
China, Guangdong   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Hawaii   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
20   
10
25   
15

Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
10   
8
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
您好   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
谢谢   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
你好吗?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
晚安   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
晚上好   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
下午好   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
早上好   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
请   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
遗憾   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
再见   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
我爱你   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
原谅我   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Guangzhou   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
outside mainland China   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Xiguan   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Hong Kong   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Hong Kong   
Torlakian   

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

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
60.00 million   
27
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
16.00 %   
2
Not Available   

Native Speakers
52.00 million   
21
8.70 million   
99+

Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese   
Montenegrin   

French Name
Not Available   
serbe   

German Name
Not Available   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Serbs   

History

Origin
17th century   
11th Century   

Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
Not Available   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
Not Available   
srp   

ISO 639 3
No data available   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
cant1236   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Cantonese and Serbian Speaking population

Cantonese and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Serbian on Cantonese vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Cantonese and Serbian Language Codes

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