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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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
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)   
Not Available   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
Not Available   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Абзиараз (Abziaraz)   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Not available   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Not available   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Bzyb   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Abkhazia   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Abzhywa   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Caucasus   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Sadz   

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

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
0.13 million   
99+

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]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Abkhaz people   

History

Origin
11th Century   
c. 1650   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Northwest Caucasian   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Abkhaz   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
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
Not Available   
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 Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Abkhaz language is Not Available. 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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