Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
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Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
22
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
77.00 million
  
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Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
serbe
  
coréen
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Koreans
  
Origin
11th Century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative