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Serbian and Persian


Persian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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 Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
سلام  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
لطفا  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
متاسف  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
فارسی  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
serbe  
persan  

German Name
Serbisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Persian people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Persian  

Language Position
44  
33
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
per  

ISO 639 3
srp  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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All Serbian and Persian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Serbian and Persian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Persian Speaking population

Serbian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Serbian and Persian on Serbian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Persian Language Codes

Serbian and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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