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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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