Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Macau, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Portugal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United States of America
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, South America
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Australia, Daman and Diu, France, Germany, Goa, Italy, Japan, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Literary Academy), Academia das Ciências de Lisboa, Classe de Letras
  
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.
  
- Portuguese language has absorbed many words from French, Italian, Arabic and also from indigenous South American and African languages.
- The first written document in Portuguese language was found in the 12th century.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Spanish and Galician Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Portuguese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Olá
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
obrigado
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Como você está?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
boa noite
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
boa Noite
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
boa Tarde
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
bom Dia
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
pesaroso
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
tchau
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Eu te amo
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
desculpe me
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Brazilian Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Brazil
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
204,000,000.00
  
4
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
European Portuguese
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Portugal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Daman and Diu Portuguese creole
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Daman and Diu
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
231.00 million
  
7
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
216.00 million
  
5
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Português
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Português
  
French Name
serbe
  
portugais
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Portugiesisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[puɾtuˈɣeʃ], [poʁtuˈɡes]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Portuguese people or portugueses
  
Origin
11th Century
  
3rd Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Medieval Galician
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Portuguese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Portuguese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
pt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
por
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
por
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
por
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
port1283
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
51-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available