Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
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
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Labrīt
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
1.75 million
  
99+
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Lettish
  
French Name
serbe
  
letton
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
11th Century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Serbian and Latvian 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 Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Latvian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Latvian Difficulty
The Serbian vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Latvian 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 Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.