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Spanish vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
46  
1

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Spain  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America  

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom  

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española  

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.
  
  • One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
  • Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  
French Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Latin  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
25  
15
22  
12

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)  
hola  

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  
Gracias  

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)  
Cómo estás?  

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  
Buenas Noches  

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  
Bonne soirée  

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  
Buenas Tardes  

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  
Buenos Días  

Please
Молим (Molim)  
Por Favor  

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  
triste  

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  
adiós  

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)  
Te Quiero  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Discúlpeme  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Mexican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Mexico  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
105,000,000.00  
5

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Cuban Spanish  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Cuba  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
11,000,000.00  
8

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Puerto Rican Spanish  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia  
Puerto Rico  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
17
3,900,000.00  
9

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
21  
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million  
99+
489.00 million  
3

Speaking Population
Not Available  
6.15 %  
3

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
410.00 million  
2

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
89.50 million  
9

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin  
Castellano, Castilian, Español  

French Name
serbe  
espagnol; castillan  

German Name
Serbisch  
Spanisch  

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]  

Ethnicity
Serbs  
Not Available  

History

Origin
11th Century  
210 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Romance  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Spanish and Spanish  

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish  

Language Position
44  
33
2  
2

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Spanish  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sr  
es  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp  
spa  

ISO 639 2/B
srp  
spa  

ISO 639 3
srp  
spa  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
serb1264  
stan1288  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g  
51-AAA-b  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Serbian and Spanish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Spanish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Spanish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Spanish language states that this language originated in 210 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 Spanish Language History.

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

Serbian vs Spanish Difficulty

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

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