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Serbian

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Serbian is the standard variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs, and is the national official language and literary standard of Serbia, one of the official languages in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, and a recognized minority language in numerous countries.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
srp 2
Speaker Count
8,200,000 2
2022-2023 estimate, native speakers.
Status
Living 2
Attested From (Year)
from 1001 3
Region
Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, Croatia 2
Classification
Language Kind
Safe 1
Official Status
Official Language 2
Connections

In Family

Source Wikipedia: Serbian Language

Written In

Serbian is officially digraphic: Cyrillic and Latin (Gaj Latin alphabet) are both in standard use.

Latin Script, Scripts

Serbian is officially digraphic: Latin (Gaj Latin alphabet) and Cyrillic are both in standard use.

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Found In

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Sources
1. Glottolog: Serbian Standard
GlottologEndangerment
Quote, Endangerment
Serbian (srp-srp) = 1 (National).
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2. Wikipedia: Serbian Language
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  • Lead section
    Serbian is the standard variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the national official language and literary standard of Serbia, one of the official languages in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, and a recognized minority language in numerous countries.
  • Infobox: iso2
    srp
  • Infobox: date
    2022-23
  • Lead section, second sentence
    It is the national official language and literary standard of Serbia, one of the official languages in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, and a recognized minority language in numerous countries.
  • Lead section
    It is the national official language and literary standard of Serbia, one of the official languages in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, and a recognized minority language in numerous countries.
  • In Family: South Slavic, Infobox, Language family
    Top family: Indo-European languages; immediate branch: Serbo-Croatian (within South Slavic languages).
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3. Omniglot: Serbian language, alphabet and pronunciation
OmniglotLanguage at a glance
Quote, Language at a glance
First written : 11th century
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