Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Macedonia
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Albania, Romania, Serbia
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
  
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.
  
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Добар ден (Dobar den)
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
жал (žal)
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
Чао (Čao)
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Те сакам (Te sakam)
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Debar
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Macedonia
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Galičnik
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Macedonia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
2.50 million
  
99+
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
  
French Name
serbe
  
macédonien
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Makedonisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Macedonians
  
Origin
11th Century
  
2200 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Slavic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Macedonian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Macedonian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
mk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
mac
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
mkd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
mace1250
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
53-AAA-ha
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic