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Serbian and Slovak


Slovak and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   

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.
  
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Czech Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Czech-Slovak Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
46   
26

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
25   
15
38   
27

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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)   
Ahoj   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Ďakujem vám   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Ako sa máte?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Dobrú noc   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Dobrý večer   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Dobré popoludnie   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Dobré ráno   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Prosím   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Pardón!   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Dovidenia   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ľúbim Ťa   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Prepáčte!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Eastern Slovak   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Central Slovak   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Western Slovak   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
5.20 million   
99+

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Slovakian, Slovencina   

French Name
serbe   
slovaque   

German Name
Serbisch   
Slowakisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Slovaks   

History

Origin
11th Century   
6th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Slovak   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
sk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
slk   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
slo   

ISO 639 3
srp   
slk   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
slov1269   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-db   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Serbian and Slovak Speaking population

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Serbian and Slovak Language Codes

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

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