Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
China, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
China, Gambia, Laos, Thailand, United States of America, Vietnam
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Hmong language may not be so popular at first sight, but it has rich history and various dialects are spoken by millions of people.
- Hmong language came from western part of China.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hmong-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Nyob zoo (Nyaw zhong)
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Ua tsaug (Oua jow)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Koj nyob li cas (Gaw nyaw lee cha)
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
zoo hmo
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
zoo yav tsaus ntuj
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
zoo tav su
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
zoo thaum sawv ntxov
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
thov
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Thov txim (Thaw zhee)
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
Not Available
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Kuv hlub koj
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
zam txim rau kuv
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Hmong Njua
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Laos
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Hmong Daw
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
China
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
21
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Hmong Do
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Vietnam
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
4.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
3.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Hmong
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Mong
  
French Name
serbe
  
hmong
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Miao-Sprachen
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Hmong people
  
Origin
11th Century
  
19
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Hmong–Mien Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Hmong
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
hmv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
firs1234
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available