Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
Slán
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
serbe
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Irish people
  
Origin
11th Century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional