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Catalan vs Serbian


Serbian vs 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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Catalan and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Catalan vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Catalan and Serbian language. History of Catalan language states that this language originated in c. 1028 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 Catalan and Serbian Language History.

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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.

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