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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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