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Indonesian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Indonesian


Countries

Countries
Indonesia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Indonesia  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
East Timor, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  
  • 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
Malay language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Malay and Dutch Languages  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
19  
9
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7  
6
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Terima kasih  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Apa kabar?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Selamat Malam  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Malam yang baik  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Selamat Sore  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Selamat Pagi  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
mohon Untuk  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
maaf  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Selamat tinggal  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Aku cinta kamu  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Permisi  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sundanese  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Indonesia  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
8
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Balinese  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
3,300,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Minangkabau  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Indonesia, Malaysia  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
7
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
46  
30
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
1.16 %  
14
Not Available  

Native Speakers
23.00 million  
34
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
140.00 million  
4
Not Available  

Native Name
Bahasa Melayu  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Bahasa Indonesia  
Montenegrin  

French Name
indonésien  
serbe  

German Name
Bahasa Indonesia  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Indonesians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
7th Century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indonesian  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Malay  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Indonesian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
56  
99+
44  
33

Signed Forms
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
id  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ind  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
ind  
srp  

ISO 639 3
ind  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
indo1316  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data available  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Indonesian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Indonesian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Indonesian and Serbian language. History of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian and Serbian Language History.

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

Indonesian vs Serbian Difficulty

The Indonesian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Indonesian 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 Indonesian and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Indonesian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Indonesian is 36 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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