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Italian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
4   
11

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21   
3
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
16   
6
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
ciao   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
grazie   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Come stai?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
buonanotte   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
buonasera   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
buongiorno   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Per Favore   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
scusate   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
arrivederci   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Ti amo   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Scusami   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Lazio   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00   
21
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Central Italian   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Tuscan   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million   
21
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.90 %   
22
Not Available   

Native Speakers
64.00 million   
18
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million   
20
Not Available   

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

Alternative Names
Italiano   
Montenegrin   

French Name
italien   
serbe   

German Name
Italienisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Italians   
Serbs   

History

Origin
960 BC   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Italian   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
27   
23
44   
33

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
it   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
ita   
srp   

ISO 639 3
ita   
srp   

ISO 639 6
itas   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ital1282   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q   
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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Italian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Serbian language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Serbian Language History.

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

Italian vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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