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Serbian and Abkhaz


Abkhaz and Serbian


Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
3  
12

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  
-  

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
-  
Caucasian languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30  
12
62  
36

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
2  
1

How Many Consonants
25  
15
60  
36

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin  
Cyrillic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
27 weeks  
8

Greetings

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)  
-  

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)  
Извините (Izvinite)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok  
Bzyb  

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia  
Abkhazia  

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

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac  
Abzhywa  

Where They Speak
Serbia  
Caucasus  

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

Dialect 3
Torlakian  
Sadz  

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

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

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
0.13 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
12.00 million  
38
-  

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  

History

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
44  
99+
28  
26

Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)  
Abkhaz Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Serbian and Abkhaz Speaking population

Serbian and Abkhaz speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Abkhaz languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Abkhaz Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is 0.01 %. 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 Serbian and Abkhaz on Serbian vs Abkhaz where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Abkhaz Language Codes

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

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