Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
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Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Молим (Molim)
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)
  
tschao
  
I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Serbia
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Torlakian
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
17
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
8.70 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
8.70 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Montenegrin
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
serbe
  
amharique
  
German Name
Serbisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Serbs
  
Amharas
  
Origin
11th Century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Serbian
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sr
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
srp
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
srp
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
srp
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
serb1264
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-g
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Serbian and Amharic 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 Amharic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Amharic language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Amharic word for "Thank You" is amesege'nallo'. Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Amharic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Serbian vs Amharic Difficulty
The Serbian vs Amharic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Amharic 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 Amharic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Amharic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Amharic time required is 44 weeks.