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Serbo-Croat

Serbo-Croatian
Serbian
Croatian
Bosnian
Montenegrin
Bunjevac
srpskohrvatski / hrvatskosrpski
српскохрватски / хрватскосрпски
Native to Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo
Ethnicity Serb, Croat, Bosniak, Montenegrin, Bunjevac
Native speakers
19 million (2007)
Indo-European
Standard forms
Montenegrin (incipient)
Kajkavian (until 20th century)
Dialects
Latin (Gaj)
Cyrillic (Serbian)
Yugoslav Braille
Official status
Official language in
 Serbia (as Serbian)
 Croatia (as Croatian)
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (as Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian)
 Montenegro (as Montenegrin)
 Kosovo (as Serbian)
 European Union (as Croatian)
Recognised minority
language in
Regulated by

Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (Croatian)
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language (Serbian)

University of Sarajevo (Bosnian)
Language codes
ISO 639-1 sh (deprecated)
ISO 639-2 , (deprecated)
ISO 639-3 inclusive code
Individual codes:
srp – Serbian
hrv – Croatian
bos – Bosnian
bun – Bunjevac
svm – Slavomolisano
kjv – Kajkavian
Glottolog moli1249
Linguasphere 53-AAA-g
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  Areas where Serbo-Croatian is spoken by a plurality of speakers (as of 2005).


Note: aKosovo independence disputed, see 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
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Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics (Croatian)
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language (Serbian)

Serbo-Croatian Listeni/ˌsɜːrbkrˈʃən, -bə-/, also called Serbo-Croat /ˌsɜːrbˈkræt, -bə-/,Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB),Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), or Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS), is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with fourmutually intelligible standard varieties.


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