Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Spain
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Catalan-Alpahabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Hola
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Gràcies
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Com estàs?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Bona nit
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Bona tarda
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Bon dia
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Sisplau
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Perdó!
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
Adéu
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
T'estimo
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dispensi!
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Caló
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
France, Portugal, Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Valencian
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
19
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Ribagorçan
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Spain
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
9.20 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
4.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
5.10 million
  
28
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
català
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
  
French Name
serbe
  
catalan; valencien
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Katalanisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Catalan people
  
Origin
11th Century
  
c. 1028
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Catalan
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Catalan
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
ca
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
cat
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
cat
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
cat
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
stan1289
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
51-AAA-e
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available