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Serbian vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Philippines  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Agyamanak  

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

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Not available  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Pakada  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
41,000.00  
39

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Ilokano, Iloko  

French Name
serbe  
ilocano  

German Name
Serbisch  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
18th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian 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  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
44  
33
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
srp  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Serbian and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Ilocano language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th 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 Ilocano Language History.

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

Serbian vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Serbian vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.

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