Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
India
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
serbe
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Bhojpuri
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available