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English and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
33   
2

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
South Africa   

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

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
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Hello   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
How are you?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Good Night   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Good Morning   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Please   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Sorry   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Bye   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
American English   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
400.00 million   
1

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Not Available   

French Name
serbe   
anglais   

German Name
Serbisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
11th Century   
5th Century 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 English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard English   

Language Position
44   
33
3   
3

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed English   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
eng   

ISO 639 3
srp   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
serb1264   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Serbian and English Speaking population

Serbian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Serbian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and English Language Codes

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

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