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Serbian and Romanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
4  
11

National Language
Moldova, Romania  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
  • 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, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Latin  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
31  
13
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
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
alo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
multumesc  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
ce mai faci?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
noapte Buna  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
buna Seara  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
buna Ziua  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
bună Dimineața  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Vă Rog  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
scuze  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
La revedere  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Te iubesc  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Aromanian  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
250,000.00  
38
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
5,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian  
Torlakian  

Where They Speak
Croatia  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,400.00  
37
1,500,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
10  
10
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
8.70 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
35
Not Available  

Native Speakers
24.00 million  
33
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million  
30
Not Available  

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

Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  
Montenegrin  

French Name
roumain; moldave  
serbe  

German Name
Rumänisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Romanians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1521  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Romanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Romanian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
36  
28
44  
33

Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ro  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ron  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
rum  
srp  

ISO 639 3
ron  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
roma1327  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
51-AAD-c  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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

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Romanian and Serbian Speaking population

Romanian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Romanian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Romanian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Romanian language is 0.37 % 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 Romanian and Serbian on Romanian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Romanian and Serbian Language Codes

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

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