Serbo-Croat language

Serbo-Croatian
Serbian Croatian Bosnian Montenegrin
srpskohrvatski / hrvatskosrpski српскохрватски / хрватскосрпски
Native to	Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Kosovo
Ethnicity	Serb, Croat, Bosniak, Montenegrin, Bunjevac
Native speakers	21 million (2011)
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Western Serbo-Croatian
Standard forms	Serbian Croatian Bosnian Montenegrin (incipient)
Dialects	Dialects of Serbo-Croatian: Shtokavian (standard) Chakavian Kajkavian Torlakian (disputed)
Writing system	Latin (Gaj) Cyrillic (Serbian and Montenegrin) 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	Austria (Burgenland)  Hungary (in Baranya County)  Italy (Molise)  Romania (in Carașova, Lupac)  Slovakia  Czech Republic  Macedonia
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:  – Serbian  – Croatian  – Bosnian  – Bunjevac  – Slavomolisano  – Kajkavian
Glottolog	moli1249
Linguasphere	53-AAA-g
Areas where Serbo-Croatian is spoken by a plurality of inhabitants (as of 2005). Note: aKosovo independence disputed, see 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence
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Serbo-Croatian /ˌsɜːrboʊkroʊˈeɪʃən, -bə-/ ( listen), also called Serbo-Croat /ˌsɜːrboʊˈkroʊæt, -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.