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Serbian originated from old Slavic whose contemporary daughter languages are distinguished by their geographical location. |
Serbian is closely related to the Croatian and Bosnian languages. |
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Differences are above all found in vocabulary and spelling: |
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In official Serbian writing and in schools Cyrillic script is the standard. |
In order to learn the Serbian language, it is necessary to master Cyrillic.
In the event that you have already learned Cyrillic script through another Slavic language,
it would certainly interest you to know that Serbian Cyrillic script has several additional letters that don't exist in other Cyrillic scripts.
These are necessary in order to be able to reproduce the sounds of the Serbian language.
It is currently estimated that Serbian is spoken by some twelve million people worldwide.
A large portion of Serbian native speakers live in Serbia.
Naturally, Serbian is the official language there.
In Montenegro a variant of Serbian is spoken called Montenegrin.
Serbian is also an official language in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as in Croatia, in Kosovo, in Macedonia and in Romania.
Sizable Serbian speaking populations are above all present in the United States and western Europe.
We are delighted by your interest in the Serbian language.
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