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English vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
33  
2

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
South Africa  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
21  
11

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Hello  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Thank you  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
How are you?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Good Night  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Good Evening  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Good Afternoon  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Good Morning  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Please  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Sorry  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Bye  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
I love you  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Excuse Me  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
American English  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
225,000,000.00  
3

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Hiberno-English  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
4,500,000.00  
15

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Welsh English  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
United Kingdom  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
2,500,000.00  
14

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
188  
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
1,200.00 million  
1

Speaking Population
Not Available  
5.43 %  
4

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
400.00 million  
3

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
400.00 million  
1

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Not Available  

French Name
serbe  
anglais  

German Name
Serbisch  
Englisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Not Available  

History

Origin
11th Century  
5th Century AD  

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  
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Standard English  

Language Position
44  
33
3  
3

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed English  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
en  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
eng  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
eng  

ISO 639 3
srp  
eng  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
engs  

Glottocode
serb1264  
stan1293  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
52-ABA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic  

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Serbian and English Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs English language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and English language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of English language states that this language originated in 5th Century AD. 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 English Language History.

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

Serbian vs English Difficulty

The Serbian vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and English 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 English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.

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