Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Denmark, European Union, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Nordic Council
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Denmark, Faroe Islands, Germany, Greenland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Dansk Sprognævn (Danish Language 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.
  
- Danish, Norwegian and Swedish are mutually intelligible, that means if u learn Danish is almost like learning three languages in one.
- There are 9 vowels in Danish language, which can be pronounced in 16 different ways.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Norwegian and Swedish
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Old Norse Language
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Danish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Hallo
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Mange tak
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Hvordan har du det?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
God nat
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
God aften
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
God eftermiddag
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
God morgen
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Please
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Undskyld!
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
Farvel
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Jeg elsker dig
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Undskyld mig
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Scanian
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Sweden
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Jutlandic
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Denmark
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Bornholmsk
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Island of Bornholm
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
5.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
dansk
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Dansk, Rigsdansk
  
French Name
serbe
  
danois
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Dänisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[d̥ænˀsɡ̊]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Danish people or Danes
  
Origin
11th Century
  
c. 1100 AD
  
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
  
Old Danish, Early Modern Danish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Rigsdansk
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Danish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
da
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
dan
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
dan
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
dan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
dani1284
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
5 2-AAA-bf & -ca to -cj
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional