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Slovene vs Serbian


Serbian vs Slovene


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia  
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
  • The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
  
  • 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
Serbo-Croatian  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
25  
7
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
5  
2

How Many Consonants
20  
10
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Halo  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Hvala  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Kako se imate?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Lahko noč  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Dober večer  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Dober dan  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Dobro jutro  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Prosim  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Oprostite  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Nasvidenje  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Ljubim te  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Oprostite  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
80,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Resian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Serbia  

Dialect 3
Styrian  
Torlakian  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
48  
31
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
Not Available  

Native Speakers
2.50 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Native Name
Not available  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina  
Montenegrin  

French Name
slovène  
serbe  

German Name
Slowenisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Slovenes  
Serbs  

History

Origin
972-1093  
11th Century  

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
Slovene  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
Not Available  
44  
33

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sl  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
slv  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
slv  
srp  

ISO 639 3
slv  
srp  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
slov1268  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-f  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
Not Available  

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Slovene and Serbian Language History

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

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

Slovene vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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