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Serbian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
1   
14

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

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.
  
  • The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Greek   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
30   
12
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
6   
3

How Many Consonants
25   
15
32   
22

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Not Applicable   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
2   
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
6.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
6.00 million   
99+

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
serbe   
arménien   

German Name
Serbisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Armenians   

History

Origin
11th Century   
late 5th century   

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   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Language Position
44   
33
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
arm   

ISO 639 3
srp   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Serbian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Serbian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Serbian and Armenian language. History of Serbian language states that this language originated in 11th Century whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Serbian and Armenian Language History.

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Serbian and Armenian 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 Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Serbian and Armenian language. Serbian word for "Hello" is Здраво (Zdravo) or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Serbian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Serbian vs Armenian Difficulty

The Serbian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Serbian Alphabets and Armenian 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 Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Serbian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Serbian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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