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Serbian vs Swedish


Swedish vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Sweden   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Finland   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Antartica, Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council   

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.
  
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Norwegian and Danish Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Old Norse Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
9   
6

How Many Consonants
25   
15
18   
8

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)   
hej   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
tacka dig   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
hur mår du   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
godnatt   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
god kväll   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
god eftermiddag   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
god morgon   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
vänligen   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
ledsen   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
hej då   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
jag älskar dig   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
ursäkta mig   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Gabon   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Dialects   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Georgia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
78,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Dialects   

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
96,000,000.00   
1

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
79   
33

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
15.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.13 %   
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
5.00 million   
29

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

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Ruotsi, Svenska   

French Name
serbe   
suédois   

German Name
Serbisch   
Schwedisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Swedes, Finland Swedes   

History

Origin
11th Century   
13th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Swedish   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard Swedish   

Language Position
44   
33
89   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
sv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
swe   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
swe   

ISO 639 3
srp   
swe   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
swed1254   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
52-AAA-ck to -cw   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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Serbian and Swedish Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Swedish language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Swedish language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century. 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 Swedish Language History.

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

Serbian vs Swedish Difficulty

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

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