Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Total No. Of Countries
43
0
46
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National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Abkhazia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
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Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Derived From
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Caucasian languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3062
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
52
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2560
9
60
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks27 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Please
Молим (Molim)
амритана
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Амарахь
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
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Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Bzyb
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Abkhazia
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00106,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Abzhywa
Where They Speak
Serbia
Caucasus
How Many People Speak
12,000,000.00106,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Torlakian
Sadz
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00106,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
33
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
8.70 million0.13 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.13 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
8.70 million0.13 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
12.00 million-
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Abxazo, Abkhazian
French Name
serbe
abkhaze
German Name
Serbisch
Abchasisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[abxaz]
Ethnicity
Serbs
Abkhaz people
Origin
11th Century
c. 1650
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Northwest Caucasian
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Abkhaz
Language Position
4428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Abkhaz Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sr
ab
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
srp
abk
ISO 639 2/B
srp
abk
ISO 639 3
srp
abk
ISO 639 6
srp
abks
Glottocode
serb1264
abkh1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative