Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Georgia, Republic of Abkhazia
  
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 in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Abkhaz-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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