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Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
6  
9

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Moldova, Romania  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kazakhstan, Russia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia, Europe  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li  

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.
  
  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
31  
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
25  
15
20  
10

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)  
alo  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
multumesc  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
ce mai faci?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
noapte Buna  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
buna Seara  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
buna Ziua  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
bună Dimineața  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Vă Rog  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
scuze  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
La revedere  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Te iubesc  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Scuza-Ma  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Aromanian  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
250,000.00  
38

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Megleno-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
5,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Istro-Romanian  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Croatia  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
1,400.00  
37

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
28.00 million  
38

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.37 %  
35

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
24.00 million  
33

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
4.00 million  
30

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian  

French Name
serbe  
roumain; moldave  

German Name
Serbisch  
Rumänisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[roˈmɨnə]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Romanians  

History

Origin
11th Century  
1521  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Proto-Romanian  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Romanian  

Language Position
44  
33
36  
28

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Romanian Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
ro  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
ron  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
rum  

ISO 639 3
srp  
ron  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
roma1327  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
51-AAD-c  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Synthetic  

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Serbian and Romanian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Romanian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Romanian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Romanian language states that this language originated in 1521. 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 Romanian Language History.

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

Serbian vs Romanian Difficulty

The Serbian vs Romanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Romanian 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 Romanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Romanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Romanian time required is 24 weeks.

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