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Serbian vs 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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Romanian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Romanian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Romanian and Serbian language. History of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521 whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Romanian and Serbian Language History.

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Romanian and Serbian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Romanian and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Romanian and Serbian language. Romanian word for "Hello" is alo or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Romanian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Romanian vs Serbian Difficulty

The Romanian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Romanian Alphabets and Serbian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Romanian and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Romanian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Romanian is 24 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.

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