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Serbian vs Croatian


Croatian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, European Union, Herzegovina, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
9  
7

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Austria  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Austria, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Romania  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics  

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.
  
  • In croatian language, everywhere there are words without vowels.
  • Though croatian language was born in 9th century, the first written document in croatian was in 11th century.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Serbain and Bosnian  

Derived From
Not Available  
Church Slavonic  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
bok  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
hvala  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
kako si  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
laku noć  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
dobra večer  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
dobar dan  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
dobro jutro  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
molim  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Oprostite  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Doviđenja  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Volim te  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Ispričavam se  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
660,000.00  
31

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Chakavian  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Croatia  

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Shtokavian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Romania  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
13,000,000.00  
5

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
79  
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
89.00 million  
18

Speaking Population
Not Available  
89.00 %  
1

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
5.60 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
1.25 million  
36

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Hrvatski  

French Name
serbe  
croate  

German Name
Serbisch  
Kroatisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[xř̩ʋaːtskiː]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Croats  

History

Origin
11th Century  
9th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European 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  
Pluricentric Standard Serbo-Croatian  

Language Position
44  
33
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Croatian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
hr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
hrv  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
hrv  

ISO 639 3
srp  
hrv  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
croa1245  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
part of 53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Serbian and Croatian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Croatian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Croatian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Croatian language states that this language originated in 9th 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 Croatian Language History.

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

Serbian vs Croatian Difficulty

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

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