Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Belarus, Poland
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Belarus, Gambia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Poland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 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.
- Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
- Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Russian and Ukrainian
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
dobry dzień
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Dziakuj
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Jak vy ?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Dabranač
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Dobry viečar
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
dobry dzień
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Dobraj ranicy
Please
Молим (Molim)
Kali laska
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Vybačajcie
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
da pabačennia
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
JA liubliu ciabie
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Vybačajcie
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
North-Eastern Belarusian
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
North-East Belarus
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
South-Western Belarusian
Where They Speak
Serbia
South-West Belarus
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Middle Belarusian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Middle Belarus
How Many People Speak
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Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian
French Name
serbe
biélorusse
German Name
Serbisch
Weißrussisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
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Ethnicity
Serbs
Belarusians
Origin
11th Century
18th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Slavic
Branch
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Eastern
Early Forms
No early forms
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Belarusian
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
serb1264
bela1254
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Serbian and Belarusian 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 Belarusian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Belarusian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Belarusian word for "Thank You" is Dziakuj. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Belarusian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Belarusian Difficulty
The Serbian vs Belarusian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Belarusian 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 Belarusian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Belarusian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Belarusian time required is Not Available.
