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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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