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Albanian vs Serbian


Serbian vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
4  
11

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
  • 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
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  • 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
Romanian  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
5  
2

How Many Consonants
29  
19
25  
15

Scripts
Latin  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Ju lutem  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
Me fal  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Torlakian  

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

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Montenegrin  

French Name
albanais  
serbe  

German Name
Albanisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
14  
13
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
srp  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
srp  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
srp  

Glottocode
alba1267  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Albanian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Serbian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD 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 Albanian and Serbian Language History.

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

Albanian vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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