Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
serbe
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
11th Century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Serbian and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Punjabi language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Serbian vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.