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Croatian vs Serbian


Serbian vs 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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Croatian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Croatian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Croatian and Serbian language. History of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th century 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 Croatian and Serbian Language History.

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Croatian 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 Croatian and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Croatian and Serbian language. Croatian word for "Hello" is bok or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Croatian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Croatian vs Serbian Difficulty

The Croatian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Croatian 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 Croatian and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Croatian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Croatian is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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