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Serbian and German


German and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
7   
8

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Germany   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
  
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
25   
15
9   
1

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
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
hallo   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Danke   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
guten Morgen   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
bitte   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Verzeihung   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Tschüs   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Swiss German   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
128.00 million   
5

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
serbe   
allemand   

German Name
Serbisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Germans   

History

Origin
11th Century   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
44   
33
9   
9

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed German   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
ger   

ISO 639 3
srp   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
serb1264   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Serbian and German Speaking population

Serbian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Serbian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and German Language Codes

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

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