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Serbian and Portuguese


Countries

Countries
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
10   
6
4   
11

National Language
Portugal   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

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

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America   
Europe   

Minority Language
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
  • The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
  • 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
Spanish and Galician Languages   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
5   
2

How Many Consonants
19   
9
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
Olá   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
obrigado   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Como você está?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
boa noite   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
boa Noite   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
boa Tarde   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
bom Dia   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Por Favor   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
pesaroso   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
tchau   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Eu te amo   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
desculpe me   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Brazilian Portuguese   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Brazil   
Southeastern Serbia   

How Many People Speak
204,000,000.00   
4
Not Available   

Dialect 2
European Portuguese   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Portugal   
Serbia   

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00   
9
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Daman and Diu   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
4,000.00   
36
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
26   
22
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
231.00 million   
7
8.70 million   
99+

Speaking Population
3.27 %   
7
Not Available   

Native Speakers
216.00 million   
5
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million   
18
Not Available   

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

Alternative Names
Português   
Montenegrin   

French Name
portugais   
serbe   

German Name
Portugiesisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Portuguese people or portugueses   
Serbs   

History

Origin
3rd Century   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Medieval Galician   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Portuguese   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
6   
6
44   
33

Signed Forms
Signed Portuguese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pt   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
por   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
por   
srp   

ISO 639 3
por   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
port1283   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-a   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Portuguese and Serbian Speaking population

Portuguese and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Portuguese and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Portuguese and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Portuguese language is 3.27 % 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 Portuguese and Serbian on Portuguese vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Portuguese and Serbian Language Codes

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

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