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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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