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Serbian vs Cebuano


Cebuano vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Philippines  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Philippines  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
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  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters  

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.
  
  • About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
  • Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Hiligaynon Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Island of Cebu  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
16  
6

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
3 weeks  
1

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Hoy  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Salamat  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Kumusta man ka?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Maayong Gabii  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Maayong Hapon  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Maayong Buntag  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Palihug  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Ikasubo ko  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Babay  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Gihigugma ko ikaw  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Ekskyus mi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Boholano  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Bohol  

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Southern Kana  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
southern Leyte  

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
North Kana  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
northern part of Leyte  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
Not Available  

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.32 %  
38

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
21.00 million  
36

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
14.50 million  
19

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Visayan  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan  

French Name
serbe  
cebuano  

German Name
Serbisch  
Cebuano  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Cebuano people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
16th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian 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 Cebuano  

Language Position
44  
33
62  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
No data Available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
ceb  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
ceb  

ISO 639 3
srp  
ceb  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
cebu1242  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data Available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Verb-Subject-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Serbian and Cebuano Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Cebuano language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Cebuano language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Cebuano language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Cebuano Language History.

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

Serbian vs Cebuano Difficulty

The Serbian vs Cebuano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Cebuano 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 Cebuano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Cebuano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Cebuano time required is 3 weeks.

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