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
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Not Available
Dialect 2
Dialects
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Georgia
Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Dialects
Torlakian
Where They Speak
France
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
swed1254
serb1264
Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Swedish 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 Swedish and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Serbian language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Swedish vs Serbian Difficulty
The Swedish vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.
