Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
European Union, Slovenia
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
  
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
  
Austria, Hungary, Italy
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
  
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.
  
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Serbo-Croatian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Slovene-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Halo
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Hvala
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Kako se imate?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Lahko noč
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Dober večer
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Dober dan
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Dobro jutro
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Prosim
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Oprostite
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
Nasvidenje
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Ljubim te
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Oprostite
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Prekmurje Slovene
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Hungary, Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Resian
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Italy
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Styrian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Slovenia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
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)
  
Not available
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Slovenian, Slovenscina
  
French Name
serbe
  
slovène
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Slowenisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Slovenes
  
Origin
11th Century
  
972-1093
  
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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Slovene
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
sl
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
slv
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
slv
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
slv
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
slov1268
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
53-AAA-f
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Serbian and Slovene 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 Slovene greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Slovene language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Slovene word for "Thank You" is Hvala. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Slovene Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Slovene Difficulty
The Serbian vs Slovene difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Slovene 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 Slovene are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Slovene, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Slovene time required is 44 weeks.