Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Macedonia
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Молим (Molim)
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
жал (žal)
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Debar
Where They Speak
Serbia
Macedonia
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
serbe
macédonien
German Name
Serbisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Macedonians
Origin
11th Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Macedonian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
serb1264
mace1250
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
Serbian and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Macedonian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Macedonian Difficulty
The Serbian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.
