Languages

Serbian

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Serbian." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/serbian.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Serbian. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/serbian

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-serbian,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Serbian},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/serbian},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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 1

Speaker Count

8,200,000 1

2022-2023 estimate, native speakers.

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

South Slavic

Source Wikipedia: Serbian Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Serbian Language

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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.

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