Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
  
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
serbe
  
marathe
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
11th Century
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Marathi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available