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Abkhaz and Serbian


Serbian and Abkhaz


Countries

Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
4  
11

National Language
Abkhazia  
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
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
-  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Abkhaz is a north-west Caucasian language.
  • Abkhaz is spoken in Abkhazia by only 100,000 people, while in Turkey there are 500,000 people speaking Abkhaz.
  
  • 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
Caucasian languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
62  
36
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
2  
1
5  
2

How Many Consonants
60  
36
25  
15

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
27 weeks  
8
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
амритана  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Амарахь  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
-  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bzyb  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Abkhazia  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Abzhywa  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Caucasus  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Sadz  
Torlakian  

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

How Many People Speak
106,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.13 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
-  
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian  
Montenegrin  

French Name
abkhaze  
serbe  

German Name
Abchasisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[abxaz]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Abkhaz people  
Serbs  

History

Origin
c. 1650  
11th Century  

Language Family
Northwest Caucasian  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Abkhaz  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
28  
26
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Abkhaz Sign Language  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ab  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
abk  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
abk  
srp  

ISO 639 3
abk  
srp  

ISO 639 6
abks  
srp  

Glottocode
abkh1244  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
No data Available  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
-  

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All Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Abkhaz and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Abkhaz are spoken in different Abkhaz Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Abkhaz vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Abkhaz dialects include: Bzyb, Abzhywa. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Abkhaz and Serbian Speaking population

Abkhaz and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Abkhaz and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Abkhaz and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Abkhaz and Serbian on Abkhaz vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Abkhaz and Serbian Language Codes

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

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