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Serbian and Slovene


Slovene and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia   

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   
Austria, Hungary, Italy   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts   

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.
  
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Serbo-Croatian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Halo   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Hvala   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Kako se imate?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Lahko noč   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Dober večer   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Dober dan   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Dobro jutro   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Prosim   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Oprostite   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Nasvidenje   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ljubim te   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Oprostite   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Resian   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Italy   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Styrian   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Slovenian, Slovenscina   

French Name
serbe   
slovène   

German Name
Serbisch   
Slowenisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Slovenes   

History

Origin
11th Century   
972-1093   

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   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Slovene   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
sl   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
slv   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
slv   

ISO 639 3
srp   
slv   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
slov1268   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
53-AAA-f   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Serbian and Slovene Speaking population

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

Serbian and Slovene Language Codes

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

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