Serbo-Croatian
South Slavic tongue
Serbo-Croatian is a South Slavic language spoken across the former Yugoslavia—primarily in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro.
Politically, it has fragmented into Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin, but these are mutually intelligible and linguistically constitute a single language with regional variations.
Serbian typically uses Cyrillic script; Croatian uses Latin.
Former South Slav federation
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- independenceFreedom from external control
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
ethnic conflict · language politics · Bosnian · Montenegrin · standardization · identity · recognition · secession
Former South Slav federation
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
- CroatiaBalkan Adriatic republic
- BosniaSoutheastern European region
- HerzegovinaBalkan country's southern region
Montenegro · Kosovo · Belgrade · Zagreb · Sarajevo · Adriatic · Balkans · Dalmatia
Slavic alphabet system
- LatinAncient Roman language
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
- orthographyStandard writing conventions
Language's structural rules
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- dialectsRegional language variations
vocabulary · pronunciation · declension · conjugation · cases · aspect · accentuation · diglossia
Yugoslavia
Former South Slav federation
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
- dissolutionBreaking up completely
- independenceFreedom from external control
nationalism · ethnic conflict · language politics · Bosnian · Montenegrin · standardization · identity · recognition · secession · war
Yugoslavia
Former South Slav federation
- SerbiaBalkan country, capital Belgrade
- CroatiaBalkan Adriatic republic
- BosniaSoutheastern European region
Herzegovina · Montenegro · Kosovo · Belgrade · Zagreb · Sarajevo · Adriatic · Balkans · Dalmatia · Dubrovnik
Cyrillic
Slavic alphabet system
- LatinAncient Roman language
- alphabetLanguage's letter system
- transliterationCross-script phonetic spelling
grammar
Language's structural rules
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
dialects · vocabulary · pronunciation · declension · conjugation · cases · aspect · accentuation · diglossia · standardization
Tito
Yugoslav communist president
Habsburg · Byzantine · folk music · literature · diaspora
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