Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Ethiopia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Amharic-1.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Ethiopic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
Selam
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Dehina newot?
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Dehna dur
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Молим (Molim)
i'bakwon
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
aznallehu
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
tschao
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
Gondar
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
Gondar
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Serbia
Ethiopia
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Showa
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Ethiopia
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
serbe
amharique
German Name
Serbisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Origin
11th Century
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
Amharic
Signed Forms
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
serb1264
amha1245
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
12-ACB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
Serbian and Amharic 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 Serbian and Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Amharic language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Serbian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Amharic 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 Serbian and Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.