Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
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.
  
- 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.
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Not Available
  
French Name
serbe
  
albanais
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Albanians
  
Origin
11th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic