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Serbian and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
4   
11

National Language
Germany   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
5   
2

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Danke   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
bitte   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Tschüs   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
Not Available   

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

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Montenegrin   

French Name
allemand   
serbe   

German Name
Deutsch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Serbs   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
9   
9
44   
33

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
srp   

ISO 639 3
deu   
srp   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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German and Serbian Speaking population

German and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Serbian on German vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Serbian Language Codes

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

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