Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- 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
Romanian
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Përshëndetje
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
Please
Ju lutem
Молим (Molim)
Sorry
Me fal
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
Bye
mirupafshim
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Волим те (Volim te)
Excuse Me
Më falni
Извините (Izvinite)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Prizren-Timok
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Southeastern Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Smederevo–Vršac
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Serbia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Italy
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
Alternative Names
Not Available
Montenegrin
French Name
albanais
serbe
German Name
Albanisch
Serbisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[sr̩̂pskiː]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Serbs
Origin
1462 AD
11th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Serbian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
alba1267
serb1264
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
53-AAA-g
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
Albanian 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 Albanian and Serbian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Serbian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Serbian word for "Thank You" is Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Serbian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Serbian Difficulty
The Albanian vs Serbian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian 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 Albanian and Serbian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Serbian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Serbian time required is 44 weeks.