Serbian language

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The Serbian language is a South Slavic language primarily spoken in Serbia and neighboring regions, using both Cyrillic and Latin scripts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South Slavic language
pluricentric language
standardized language
basedOnDialectGroup Shtokavian dialect
branch South Slavic languages
closelyRelatedTo Bosnian language
Croatian language
Montenegrin language
constitutionalScriptInSerbia Cyrillic script
family Indo-European languages
hasApproximateSpeakers over 10 million speakers
hasAspectCategory imperfective
perfective
hasGlottocode serb1264
hasGrammaticalGender feminine
masculine
neuter
hasISO639-1Code sr
hasISO639-2Code srp
hasISO639-3Code srp
hasLinguasphereCode 53-AAA-g
hasNumberCategory plural
singular
hasPhonologicalFeature pitch accent
rich consonant system
hasStandardVariety Ekavian Serbian
Ijekavian Serbian
hasWritingDirection left-to-right
officialStatus official language of Bosnia and Herzegovina
official language of Montenegro
official language of Serbia
primaryCountry Serbia
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
North Macedonia
Romania
Slovakia
spokenIn Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatia
Kosovo
Montenegro
Serbian diaspora
standardFormOf Serbo-Croatian language
standardRegulator Committee for the Standardization of the Serbian Language
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
subfamily Slavic languages
usesCaseSystem seven grammatical cases
writingSystem Gaj Latin alphabet
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet
writingSystemStatusInSerbia both Cyrillic and Latin are officially used


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