Countries
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
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 in
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Chakavian
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Croatia
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
hrvatski
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Hrvatski
Montenegrin
German Name
Kroatisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Origin
9th century
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Croatian Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
croa1245
serb1264
Linguasphere
part of 53-AAA-g
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Not Available
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.
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.
