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Serbian and Persian


Countries

Countries
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe  

Minority Language
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic 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
Pashto and Balochi Languages  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Arabic Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
23  
13
25  
15

Scripts
Arabic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
سلام  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
متشکرم  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
چطور هستید?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
شب بخیر  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
عصر بخیر  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
بعد از ظهر بخیر  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
صبح به خیر  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
لطفا  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
متاسف  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
خدا حافظ  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
من شما را دوست دارم  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
ببخشيد!  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western Persian  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Iran, Iraq  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
47,000,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dari Persian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Afganistan  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
12,500,000.00  
7
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Tajik Persian  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00  
6
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
65.00 million  
26
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.99 %  
20
Not Available  

Native Speakers
65.00 million  
17
8.70 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  
Montenegrin  

French Name
persan  
serbe  

German Name
Persisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Persian people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1500 BC  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
Not Available  

Branch
Iranian  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Persian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
23  
19
44  
33

Signed Forms
Persian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
fa  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fas  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
per  
srp  

ISO 639 3
pes  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
fars1254  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
58-AAC-c  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Persian and Serbian Speaking population

Persian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Persian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Persian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 % 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 Persian and Serbian on Persian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Persian and Serbian Language Codes

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

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