Languages of Serbia
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Rusyn; whilst Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija, which Serbia claims as its own, has two: Albanian
and Serbian.
Serbian language
The Serbian language predominates in most of
Torlakian dialect
, which is considered to be one of the transitional dialects between Bulgarian and Serbian languages.
The Serbian language spoken in Serbia has several dialects:
Šumadija-Vojvodina and Eastern Herzegovina
dialects are the basis for modern standard Serbian.
Throughout part of southern Serbia, a dialect by the name of
Torlakian
is spoken. Although it has no standard form and continues to be spoken without any form of official status, Torlakian may be seen by some as constituting a separate language. It forms a part of the South Slavic dialect continuum, and is transitional between the eastern south Slavic languages (mainly Bulgarian and Macedonian) and the western south Slavic languages (of which Serbian is a part).
Minority languages
Besides
Rusyn, and Croatian. Serbian is the main language used by provincial administration and by all city and municipal administrations in Vojvodina. The other five languages are used by provincial administration and by selected city or municipal administrations. In practice, Serbian is a lingua franca of the region and number of declared native speakers of Serbian in the province exceeds the number of declared ethnic Serbs
. Among other languages, Hungarian and Slovak are dominant in several municipalities, while other languages are dominant only in several villages.
In total there are 15 minority languages spoken in
Pannonian Rusyn, Slovak, Ukrainian and "Vlach" (name under which the Romanian spoken in the Timok Valley is known).[1] The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages was signed by Serbia and Montenegro in 2005.[2] Republic of Serbia as the successor of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro continue its legal obligations toward charter and it entered into force in 2006.[2] In municipalities where certain minority constitute more than 15% of total population introduction of a minority language in official use is compulsory.[2] Additionally, In province of Vojvodina, minority language and script which is not in official use on the entire territory of the municipality shall be introduced into official use in a settlements of that municipality if the percentage of given minority reaches 25% in that settlement.[2]
Constitution of the Republic of Serbia stipulates that Serbian language and Cyrillic script shall be in the official use, while official use of other languages and scripts shall be regulated by law. However in recent times the Latin alphabet has become increasingly popular, especially with the youth.[3] In addition, provision of Article 79 specifies the right of people belonging to minority national communities to preserve cultural identity, which shall also include the right to use their own languages and scripts.[3]
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook (2024 ed.).
- ^ a b "Latest Council of Europe report on regional or minority Languages in Serbia published". The Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d "EUROPEAN CHARTER FOR REGIONAL OR MINORITY LANGUAGES-APPLICATION OF THE CHARTER IN SERBIA, 2nd monitoring cycle" (PDF). Council of Europe. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Official Use of Languages and Scripts in the AP Vojvodina". Pokrajinski sekretarijat za obrazovanje, propise, upravu i nacionalne manjine – nacionalne zajednice. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
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