Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
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 in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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