Serbian language

E87705

South Slavic language pluricentric language standardized language

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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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Serbian	90
Serbian language canonical	19
Old Serbian	2
Ijekavian Serbian	1
Standard Serbian	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T735954 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Serbian language
Context triple: [Serbs, language, Serbian language]

A. South Slavic languages
South Slavic languages are a branch of the Slavic language family spoken primarily in the Balkans, including languages such as Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian.
B. Bosnian
Bosnian is a South Slavic language primarily spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina and by Bosniak communities in the Balkans and worldwide.
C. Serbs
Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with Serbia and the broader Balkan region, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical influence in Southeast Europe.
D. Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is a South Slavic language spoken primarily in Bulgaria, notable for being the first Slavic language with a written literary tradition and for its distinctive grammatical features such as the loss of noun cases and the use of suffixed definite articles.
E. Romani language
The Romani language is an Indo-Aryan language traditionally spoken by Romani communities across Europe and beyond, featuring numerous dialects influenced by the languages of the regions where its speakers live.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. South Slavic languages
South Slavic languages are a branch of the Slavic language family spoken primarily in the Balkans, including languages such as Bulgarian, Macedonian, Slovene, Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian.
B. Bosnian
Bosnian is a South Slavic language primarily spoken in Bosnia and Herzegovina and by Bosniak communities in the Balkans and worldwide.
C. Serbs
Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with Serbia and the broader Balkan region, known for their distinct language, culture, and historical influence in Southeast Europe.
D. Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is a South Slavic language spoken primarily in Bulgaria, notable for being the first Slavic language with a written literary tradition and for its distinctive grammatical features such as the loss of noun cases and the use of suffixed definite articles.
E. Romani language
The Romani language is an Indo-Aryan language traditionally spoken by Romani communities across Europe and beyond, featuring numerous dialects influenced by the languages of the regions where its speakers live.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	South Slavic language ⓘ pluricentric language ⓘ standardized language ⓘ
basedOnDialectGroup	Shtokavian dialect ⓘ
branch	South Slavic languages ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Bosnian ⓘ surface form: Bosnian language Croatian ⓘ surface form: Croatian language Montenegrin ⓘ surface form: Montenegrin language
constitutionalScriptInSerbia	Cyrillic script ⓘ
family	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: 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	Shtokavian dialect ⓘ surface form: Ekavian Serbian Serbian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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's Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Gaj Latin alphabet Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ⓘ
writingSystemStatusInSerbia	both Cyrillic and Latin are officially used ⓘ