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Dutch and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
6   
9

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
France, Germany, Indonesia   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   

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.
  
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
German and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Hallo   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
dankjewel   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
hoe gaat het met je?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
goede Nacht   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
goedenavond   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
goedemiddag   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
goedemorgen   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
alsjeblieft   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
sorry   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
vaarwel   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ik hou van jou   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
pardon   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Gronings   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
590,000.00   
32

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Low Saxon   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
16

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Limburgian   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Belgium, Netherlands   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
1,300,000.00   
18

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
7   
7

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
28.00 million   
38

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.32 %   
38

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
22.00 million   
35

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
6.00 million   
25

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Hollands, Nederlands   

French Name
serbe   
néerlandais; flamand   

German Name
Serbisch   
Niederländisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Dutch people   

History

Origin
11th Century   
AD 450-500   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard Dutch   

Language Position
44   
33
48   
35

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
nl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
nld   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
dut   

ISO 639 3
srp   
nld   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
mode1257   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
52-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Historical   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Serbian and Dutch Speaking population

Serbian and Dutch speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Dutch languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Dutch Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 %. 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 Dutch on Serbian vs Dutch where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Dutch Language Codes

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

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