Serbo-Croatian | |
---|---|
srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски | |
Native to | Serbia Kosovo (existence disputed) |
Native speakers | 18 million |
Indo-European
| |
Early forms | Proto-Indo-European
|
Standard forms | |
Dialects | Shtokavian
Torlakian Chakavian Kajkavian |
Cyrillic
Glagolitic (9th century) Arabic (16th century bosnian) | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Serbia
Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro European Union |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 | sh |
ISO 639-2 | hbs |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Serbo-Croatian is the name of a South Slavic language, which is spoken in modern-day Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. After the breakup of Yugoslavia, it has been divided into four variants. The variants of this language are all based on a single dialect, Shtokavian. Speakers of these variants can understand each other.