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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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