Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Moldova, Romania
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kazakhstan, Russia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
  
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.
  
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Romanian.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
alo
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
multumesc
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
ce mai faci?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
noapte Buna
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
buna Seara
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
buna Ziua
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
bună Dimineața
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Vă Rog
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
scuze
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
La revedere
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Te iubesc
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Scuza-Ma
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Aromanian
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Megleno-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Istro-Romanian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Croatia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
28.00 million
  
38
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
24.00 million
  
33
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
4.00 million
  
30
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Română
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
  
French Name
serbe
  
roumain; moldave
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Rumänisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[roˈmɨnə]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Romanians
  
Origin
11th Century
  
1521
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Romanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Romanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Romanian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
ro
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
ron
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
rum
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
ron
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
roma1327
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
51-AAD-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic