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Serbian vs Armenian


Countries

Countries
Armenian Highland  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia  

Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language  

Interesting Facts
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
  • 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
Greek  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
38  
20
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
32  
22
25  
15

Scripts
Armenian manuscript  
Cyrillic, Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
12  
9
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)  
Здраво (Zdravo)  

Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)  

How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)  
Како си? (Kako si?)  

Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)  

Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)  

Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)  

Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)  

Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)  
Молим (Molim)  

Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)  

Bye
Ց'տեսություն  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)  

I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)  
Волим те (Volim te)  

Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian  
Prizren-Timok  

Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey  
Southeastern Serbia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
35

Dialect 2
Western Armenian  
Smederevo–Vršac  

Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey  
Serbia  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
12,000,000.00  
34

Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian  
Torlakian  

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

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
34
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.22 %  
99+
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
8.70 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
7.00 million  
99+
12.00 million  
38

Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)  

Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri  
Montenegrin  

French Name
arménien  
serbe  

German Name
Armenisch  
Serbisch  

Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]  
[sr̩̂pskiː]  

Ethnicity
Armenians  
Serbs  

History

Origin
late 5th century  
11th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  
Standard Serbian  

Language Position
14  
13
44  
99+

Signed Forms
Signed Armenian  
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
hy  
sr  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hye  
srp  

ISO 639 2/B
arm  
srp  

ISO 639 3
hye  
srp  

ISO 639 6
hye  
srp  

Glottocode
arme1241  
serb1264  

Linguasphere
57-AAA-a  
53-AAA-g  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
-  

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Armenian and Serbian Language History

Comparison of Armenian vs Serbian language history gives us differences between origin of Armenian and Serbian language. History of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century 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 Armenian and Serbian Language History.

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

Armenian vs Serbian Difficulty

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

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