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Serbian and Albanian


Albanian and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
7   
4

How Many Consonants
25   
15
29   
19

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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   

History

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
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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All Serbian and Albanian 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 Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Serbian and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Serbian are spoken in different Serbian Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Serbian vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok, Smederevo–Vršac. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Serbian and Albanian Speaking population

Serbian and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 Albanian on Serbian vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Albanian Language Codes

Serbian and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Serbian and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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