Countries
Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
4
11
2
13
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Somalia
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Not Available
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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Somali Language
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
30
12
34
16
Phonology
How Many Vowels
5
2
10
7
How Many Consonants
25
15
24
14
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
4
5
4
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
Not Available
Greetings
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
akkam
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
Молим (Molim)
Maaloo
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
naa dhiisi
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Nagayattii!
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialects
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Borana
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
Not Available
4,000,000.00
19
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Orma
Where They Speak
Serbia
Kenya
How Many People Speak
Not Available
66,000.00
37
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Wata
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Kenya
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
17
13,000.00
33
Total No. Of Dialects
3
3
17
16
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
99+
25.00 million
40
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.36 %
36
Native Speakers
8.70 million
99+
24.00 million
33
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
serbe
galla
German Name
Serbisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Serbs
Oromos
History
Origin
11th Century
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
44
33
91
99+
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
Code
ISO 639 1
sr
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
srp
orm
ISO 639 2/B
srp
orm
ISO 639 3
srp
orm
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
serb1264
nucl1736
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
