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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  

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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.

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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.

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