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Slovak and Serbian


Serbian and Slovak


Countries

Countries
Czech Republic, European Union, Serbia, Slovakia   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
4   
11

National Language
Slovakia, Vojvodina, Serbia   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

Interesting Facts
  • Slovak language was written using Glagolitic Alphabets,in 1843.
  • Until the end of 18th century, Slovak did not exist as written language.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Czech Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Czech-Slovak Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
46   
26
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
5   
2

How Many Consonants
38   
27
25   
15

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Ahoj   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Ďakujem vám   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Ako sa máte?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Dobrú noc   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
Dobrý večer   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
Dobré popoludnie   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Dobré ráno   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
Prosím   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
Pardón!   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Dovidenia   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
Ľúbim Ťa   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
Prepáčte!   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Slovak   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Abov, Saris, Spis, Zemplin   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Central Slovak   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
Gemer, Hont, Liptov, Novohrad, Orava, Tekov, Turiec   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Western Slovak   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Kysuce, Nitra, Trencin, Trnava, Zahorie   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
5.20 million   
99+
8.70 million   
99+

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

Alternative Names
Slovakian, Slovencina   
Montenegrin   

French Name
slovaque   
serbe   

German Name
Slowakisch   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Slovaks   
Serbs   

History

Origin
6th Century   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Slavic   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Slovak   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
Not Available   
44   
33

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sk   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slk   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
slo   
srp   

ISO 639 3
slk   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
slov1269   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-db   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Slovak and Serbian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Slovak and Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Slovak and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Slovak are spoken in different Slovak Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Slovak vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Slovak dialects include: Eastern Slovak, Central Slovak. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Slovak and Serbian Speaking population

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Slovak and Serbian Language Codes

Slovak and Serbian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Slovak and Serbian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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