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Serbian vs Indonesian


Indonesian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Indonesia  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Indonesia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
East Timor, Indonesia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Denmark, East Timor, Netherlands  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa  

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.
  
  • The modern Indonesian language uses many loan words from Persian, Chinese and Arabic.
  • In Indonesian language, spelling is phonetically precise, so that words are spelled as they sound.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Malay language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Malay and Dutch Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
19  
9

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
7  
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
36 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
Halo  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Terima kasih  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Apa kabar?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Selamat Malam  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Malam yang baik  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Selamat Sore  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Selamat Pagi  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
mohon Untuk  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
maaf  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
Selamat tinggal  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Aku cinta kamu  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Permisi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Sundanese  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Indonesia  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
38,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Balinese  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Bali, Indonesia, Lombok and Java, Nusa Penida  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
3,300,000.00  
17

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Minangkabau  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
6,000,000.00  
7

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
46  
30

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
1.16 %  
14

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
23.00 million  
34

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
140.00 million  
4

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  
Bahasa Melayu  

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Bahasa Indonesia  

French Name
serbe  
indonésien  

German Name
Serbisch  
Bahasa Indonesia  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Indonesians  

History

Origin
11th Century  
7th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indonesian  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Malay  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Indonesian  

Language Position
44  
33
56  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Sistem Isyarat Bahasa Indonesia (SIBI, "Signed Indonesian")  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
id  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
ind  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
ind  

ISO 639 3
srp  
ind  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
indo1316  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Serbian and Indonesian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Indonesian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Indonesian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Indonesian language states that this language originated in 7th 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 Indonesian Language History.

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

Serbian vs Indonesian Difficulty

The Serbian vs Indonesian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Indonesian 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 Indonesian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Indonesian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Indonesian time required is 36 weeks.

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