Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Roman Empire
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Armenian
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
γεια σας (geia sas)
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
Please
Молим (Molim)
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
αντίο (antío)
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Greece
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Griko
Where They Speak
Serbia
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
ελληνικά
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
French Name
serbe
grec moderne (après 1453)
German Name
Serbisch
Neugriechisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[eliniˈka]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Greeks or Hellenes
Origin
11th Century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Not Available
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
serb1264
gree1276
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Fusional, Synthetic
Serbian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Greek language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Greek Difficulty
The Serbian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.