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Serbian vs Cantonese


Cantonese vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Hong Kong, Macau  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
China, Guangdong  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Hawaii  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division  

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.
  
  • Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
  • Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Chinese Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
10  
8

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
您好  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
谢谢  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
你好吗?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
晚安  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
晚上好  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
下午好  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
早上好  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
请  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
遗憾  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
再见  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
我爱你  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
原谅我  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Guangzhou  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
outside mainland China  

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Xiguan  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Hong Kong  

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Hong Kong  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Hong Kong  

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+
60.00 million  
27

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
52.00 million  
21

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Kwang Tung Wa  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese  

French Name
serbe  
Not Available  

German Name
Serbisch  
Not Available  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Not Available  

History

Origin
11th Century  
17th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Standard Cantonese  

Language Position
44  
33
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Not Available  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
Not Available  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
Not Available  

ISO 639 3
srp  
No data available  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
cant1236  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Not Available  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Serbian and Cantonese Language History

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

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

Serbian vs Cantonese Difficulty

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

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