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Serbian vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
32  
3
4  
11

National Language
France  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Africa, Canada  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America  
Europe  

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
bonjour  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Merci  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
bonne Nuit  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
bonsoir  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Bonjour  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
S'il vous plaît  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
désolé  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
au revoir  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Je t'aime  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00  
15
Not Available  

Dialect 2
African French  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Africa  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Swiss French  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
16
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million  
11
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.12 %  
17
Not Available  

Native Speakers
76.00 million  
13
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million  
11
Not Available  

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

Alternative Names
Français  
Montenegrin  

French Name
français  
serbe  

German Name
Französisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Not Available  
Serbs  

History

Origin
9th Century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old French, Middle French and French  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard French  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
13  
12
44  
33

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fr  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
fre  
srp  

ISO 639 3
fra  
srp  

ISO 639 6
fras  
Not Available  

Glottocode
stan1290  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
Not Available  

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French and Serbian Language History

Comparison of French vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of French and Serbian language. History of French 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 French and Serbian Language History.

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

French vs Serbian Difficulty

The French vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of French 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 French and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in French and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn French is 24 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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