Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia
  
Armenian Highland
  
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 in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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)
  
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
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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