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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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