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Slovak vs Serbian


Serbian vs 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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Slovak and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Slovak vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Slovak and Serbian language. History of Slovak language states that this language originated in 6th Century whereas history of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th 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 Slovak and Serbian Language History.

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

Slovak vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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