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Serbian vs Persian


Persian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan  

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.
  
  • In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
  • Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
Pashto and Balochi Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
6  
3

How Many Consonants
25  
15
23  
13

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Arabic  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
سلام  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
متشکرم  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
چطور هستید?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
شب بخیر  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
عصر بخیر  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
بعد از ظهر بخیر  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
صبح به خیر  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
لطفا  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
متاسف  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
خدا حافظ  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
من شما را دوست دارم  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
ببخشيد!  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Western Persian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Iran, Iraq  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
47,000,000.00  
7

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Dari Persian  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Afganistan  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
12,500,000.00  
7

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Tajik Persian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
7,900,000.00  
6

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
65.00 million  
26

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.99 %  
20

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
65.00 million  
17

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian  

French Name
serbe  
persan  

German Name
Serbisch  
Persisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Persian people  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Iranian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Persian and Middle Persian  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Persian  

Language Position
44  
33
23  
19

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Persian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
fa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
fas  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
per  

ISO 639 3
srp  
pes  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
fars1254  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
58-AAC-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Serbian and Persian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Persian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Persian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Persian language states that this language originated in 1500 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 Persian Language History.

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

Serbian vs Persian Difficulty

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

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