Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Sweden
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Finland
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
- Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
- 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
Norwegian and Danish Language
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Old Norse Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
hej
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
tacka dig
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
hur mår du
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
godnatt
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
god kväll
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
god morgon
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
vänligen
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
ledsen
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
hej då
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
jag älskar dig
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
ursäkta mig
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Dialects
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Gabon
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
6
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Dialects
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Georgia
  
Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00
  
2
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Dialects
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
France
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00
  
1
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
15.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
5.00 million
  
29
Not Available
  
Native Name
Svenska
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
suédois
  
serbe
  
German Name
Schwedisch
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes
  
Serbs
  
Origin
13th Century
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Germanic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Swedish
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Swedish
  
Standard Serbian
  
Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sv
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swe
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
swe
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
swe
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swed1254
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available