Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.