Countries
Armenian Highland
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Serbia
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
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Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Origin
late 5th century
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Serbian
Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
arme1241
serb1264
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
53-AAA-g
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
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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.