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Serbian and Croatian


Croatian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
9   
7

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Austria   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics   

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Serbain and Bosnian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Church Slavonic   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Croatian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
25   
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
bok   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
hvala   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
kako si   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
laku noć   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
dobra večer   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
dobar dan   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
dobro jutro   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
molim   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Oprostite   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Doviđenja   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Volim te   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Ispričavam se   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Croatia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
660,000.00   
31

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Chakavian   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Croatia   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Shtokavian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
13,000,000.00   
5

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
89.00 million   
18

Speaking Population
Not Available   
89.00 %   
1

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
5.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
1.25 million   
36

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
hrvatski   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Hrvatski   

French Name
serbe   
croate   

German Name
Serbisch   
Kroatisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Croats   

History

Origin
11th Century   
9th 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   
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian   

Language Position
44   
33
23   
19

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Croatian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
hr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
hrv   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
hrv   

ISO 639 3
srp   
hrv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
croa1245   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
part of 53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Serbian and Croatian 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 Serbian and Croatian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Croatian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Croatian Dialects are spoken in different Croatian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Croatian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Croatian dialects include: Chakavian , Chakavian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Croatian Speaking population

Serbian and Croatian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Croatian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Croatian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Croatian language is 89.00 %. 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 Serbian and Croatian on Serbian vs Croatian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Croatian Language Codes

Serbian and Croatian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Croatian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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