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Serbian vs Italian


Italian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
7   
8

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)   

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.
  
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
French and Portuguese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

How Many Consonants
25   
15
16   
6

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)   
ciao   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
grazie   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Come stai?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
buonanotte   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
buonasera   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
buon pomeriggio   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
buongiorno   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Per Favore   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
scusate   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
arrivederci   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ti amo   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Scusami   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Romanesco   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Lazio   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,000,000.00   
21

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Central Italian   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
5,000,000.00   
14

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Tuscan   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria   

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
78.00 million   
21

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.90 %   
22

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
64.00 million   
18

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
14.00 million   
20

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Italiano   

French Name
serbe   
italien   

German Name
Serbisch   
Italienisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[itaˈljaːno]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Italians   

History

Origin
11th Century   
960 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Italian   

Language Position
44   
33
27   
23

Signed Forms
Not Available   
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
it   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
ita   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
ita   

ISO 639 3
srp   
ita   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
itas   

Glottocode
serb1264   
ital1282   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
51-AAA-q   

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 Italian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Italian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Italian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC. 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 Italian Language History.

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

Serbian vs Italian Difficulty

The Serbian vs Italian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Italian 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 Italian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Italian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Italian time required is 24 weeks.

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