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Serbian vs Afrikaans


Afrikaans vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
South Africa   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
15   
12

How Many Consonants
25   
15
17   
7

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
hallo   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
goeie more   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
asseblief   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
jammer   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Not Available   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Baster Afrikaans   

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
10.30 million   
22

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
serbe   
afrikaans   

German Name
Serbisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
11th Century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
afr   

ISO 639 3
srp   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
serb1264   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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Serbian and Afrikaans Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Afrikaans language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Afrikaans language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Afrikaans language states that this language originated in 17th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Serbian and Afrikaans Language History.

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Serbian and Afrikaans Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Serbian and Afrikaans greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Afrikaans language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Afrikaans word for "Thank You" is Dankie. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Afrikaans Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Afrikaans Difficulty

The Serbian vs Afrikaans difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Afrikaans Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Serbian and Afrikaans are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Afrikaans, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Afrikaans time required is 24 weeks.

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