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
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
abks
Glottocode
serb1264
abkh1244
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
No data Available
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Agglutinative
Serbian and Abkhaz Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Serbian and Abkhaz greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Abkhaz language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Abkhaz word for "Thank You" is Иҭабуп (It̢abup). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Abkhaz Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Abkhaz Difficulty
The Serbian vs Abkhaz difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Abkhaz Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Serbian and Abkhaz are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Abkhaz, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Abkhaz time required is 27 weeks.