Home
Languagevs


Serbian vs French


French vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
32   
3

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
France   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Africa, Canada   

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

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
20   
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
bonjour   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Merci   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Bonjour   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
désolé   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
au revoir   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
African French   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
87.00 million   
11

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Français   

French Name
serbe   
français   

German Name
Serbisch   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Not Available   

History

Origin
11th Century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard French   

Language Position
44   
33
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
fre   

ISO 639 3
srp   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
serb1264   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

Countries >>
<< All

Serbian and French Language History

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

Compare Most Difficult Languages

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

Serbian vs French Difficulty

The Serbian vs French difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and French 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 French are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and French, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn French time required is 24 weeks.

Most Difficult Languages

Most Difficult Languages

» More Most Difficult Languages

Compare Most Difficult Languages

» More Compare Most Difficult Languages