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Russian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Russia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences   

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 Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
  • In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
10   
7

How Many Consonants
25   
15
21   
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Cyrillic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Olonets   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Olonets   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Novgorod   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
110.00 million   
7

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Russki   

French Name
serbe   
russe   

German Name
Serbisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Russians   

History

Origin
11th Century   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
44   
33
7   
7

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Russian   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
rus   

ISO 639 3
srp   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-ea   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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All Serbian and Russian 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 Russian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Russian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Russian Dialects are spoken in different Russian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Russian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Russian dialects include: Doukhobor Russian , Olonets. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Russian Speaking population

Serbian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Serbian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Russian Language Codes

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

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