Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- 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
Greek
  
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Молим (Molim)
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Волим те (Volim te)
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Prizren-Timok
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Southeastern Serbia
  
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Serbia
  
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Torlakian
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,500,000.00
  
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How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
8.70 million
  
99+
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Montenegrin
  
French Name
arménien
  
serbe
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Serbisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Serbs
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
11th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Standard Serbian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
sr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
srp
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
srp
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
srp
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
serb1264
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
53-AAA-g
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available