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Serbian vs Slovene


Slovene vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
European Union, Slovenia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
30   
12
25   
7

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
5   
2

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
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Prekmurje Slovene   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Hungary, Slovenia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
80,000.00   
99+

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
48   
31

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Serbian and Slovene Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Slovene language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Slovene language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Slovene language states that this language originated in 972-1093. 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 Slovene Language History.

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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.

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