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
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Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Serbia
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Torlakian
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Italy
Speaking Population
Not Available
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Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
serb1264
alba1267
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Serbian and Albanian 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 Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Albanian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Serbian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Albanian 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 Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.