Countries
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Abkhazia
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Not Available
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Adyghe language, Abaza language
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Caucasian languages
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Alphabets in
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Cyrillic
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Hello
Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa)
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Иҭабуп (It̢abup)
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Ушҧаҟоу? (Ušṗaꝁou?)
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
Уа, мшы бзиа (Ua, mšy bzia)
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
Уа, Шьыжьы бзиа (Ua, Š’yž’y bzia)
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
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Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Not Available
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
Not available
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Not available
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Bzyb
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Abkhazia
Southeastern Serbia
Dialect 2
Abzhywa
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Caucasus
Serbia
Where They Speak
Turkey
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Native Name
аҧсуа бызшәа (aṗsua byzš˚a)
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Abxazo, Abkhazian
Montenegrin
French Name
abkhaze
serbe
German Name
Abchasisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Abkhaz people
Serbs
Origin
c. 1650
11th Century
Language Family
Northwest Caucasian
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Abkhaz
Standard Serbian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
abks
Not Available
Glottocode
abkh1244
serb1264
Linguasphere
No data Available
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Abkhaz and Serbian language. Abkhaz word for "Hello" is Бзиа збаша (Bzia zbaşa) or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Abkhaz Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Abkhaz vs Serbian Difficulty
The Abkhaz vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Abkhaz 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 Abkhaz and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Abkhaz and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Abkhaz is 27 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.