Countries
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
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 in
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Caló
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
France, Portugal, Spain
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Valencian
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Spain
Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Ribagorçan
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Spain
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
c. 1028
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Catalan
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
Standard Serbian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Catalan
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1289
serb1264
Linguasphere
51-AAA-e
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Catalan 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 Catalan and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Catalan and Serbian language. Catalan word for "Hello" is Hola or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Catalan Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Catalan vs Serbian Difficulty
The Catalan vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Catalan 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 Catalan and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Catalan and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Catalan is 24 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.
