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Catalan and Serbian


Serbian and Catalan


Countries

Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
4   
11

National Language
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Spain   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
  • 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
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200   
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
27   
9
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
23   
13
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Hola   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Gràcies   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Com estàs?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Bona nit   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Bona nit   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Bona tarda   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Bon dia   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Sisplau   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Perdó!   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Adéu   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
T'estimo   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Dispensi!   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Caló   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
440,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Valencian   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
19
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ribagorçan   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Spain   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.20 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
4.10 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
5.10 million   
28
Not Available   

Native Name
català   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian   
Montenegrin   

French Name
catalan; valencien   
serbe   

German Name
Katalanisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Catalan people   
Serbs   

History

Origin
c. 1028   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Catalan   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Signed Catalan   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ca   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
cat   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
cat   
srp   

ISO 639 3
cat   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1289   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-e   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Catalan and Serbian Speaking population

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

Catalan and Serbian Language Codes

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

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