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Serbian vs Arabic


Arabic vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
23   
4

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
  
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
28   
18

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
صباح الخير   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
آسف   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
وداعا   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
serbe   
arabe   

German Name
Serbisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Arabs   

History

Origin
11th Century   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
44   
33
25   
21

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
ara   

ISO 639 3
srp   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
12-AAC   

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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Serbian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Arabic language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. 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 Arabic Language History.

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Serbian and Arabic 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 Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Arabic language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Arabic Difficulty

The Serbian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Arabic 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 Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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