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Serbian and Greek


Greek and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
3   
12

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Armenian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic, 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
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Griko   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Mariupol   

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
13.00 million   
99+

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
serbe   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Serbisch   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
11th Century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
44   
33
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
gre   

ISO 639 3
srp   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
serb1264   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Serbian and Greek Speaking population

Serbian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Serbian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Greek Language Codes

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

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