Countries
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
4
11
1
14
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
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
30
12
31
13
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
5
2
How Many Consonants
25
15
26
16
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
4
3
2
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
44 weeks
11
Greetings
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)
Dialects
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
1.50
99+
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
1,500,000.00
17
Not Available
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
28
23
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
99+
2.50 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Native Speakers
8.70 million
99+
2.50 million
99+
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
History
Origin
11th Century
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Macedonian
Language Position
44
33
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
sr
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
srp
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
srp
mac
ISO 639 3
srp
mkd
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
serb1264
mace1250
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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