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Croatian and Serbian


Serbian and Croatian


Countries

Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
9   
7
4   
11

National Language
Austria   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  
  • 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
Serbain and Bosnian   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Church Slavonic   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
bok   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
hvala   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
kako si   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
laku noć   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
dobra večer   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
dobar dan   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
dobro jutro   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
molim   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Oprostite   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Doviđenja   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Volim te   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Ispričavam se   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakavian   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
660,000.00   
31
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Chakavian   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Croatia   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Shtokavian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
13,000,000.00   
5
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
79   
33
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
89.00 million   
18
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
89.00 %   
1
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.60 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.25 million   
36
Not Available   

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

Alternative Names
Hrvatski   
Montenegrin   

French Name
croate   
serbe   

German Name
Kroatisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Croats   
Serbs   

History

Origin
9th century   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European 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
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
23   
19
44   
33

Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
hr   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hrv   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
hrv   
srp   

ISO 639 3
hrv   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
croa1245   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Croatian and Serbian Speaking population

Croatian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Croatian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Croatian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 % 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 Croatian and Serbian on Croatian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Croatian and Serbian Language Codes

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

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