Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Iran
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Kurdish and Persian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Balochi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Salam
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
chone tao?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
jawáin shap
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
jawáin begáh
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
jawáin sawáh
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Mihrabani kan
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
bebaksh / bebagsh
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
bye
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Tu mana doost biyeh
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
mana bebahgsh
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Eastern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Western Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Southern Balochi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
3,400,000.00
  
10
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
7.60 million
  
99+
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
بلوچی
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Baluchi
  
French Name
serbe
  
baloutchi
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Belutschisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
  
Origin
11th Century
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Balochi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
bal
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
bal
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
bal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
balo1260
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
58-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available