Serbian language

South Slavic language of the Balkans

Not to be confused with the Sorbian languages.

Serbian

српски језик / srpski jezik
Pronunciation| [sr̩̂pskiː]
Native to| Serbia, post-Yugoslav states, and Serbian diaspora
Region| Balkans
Ethnicity| Serbs

Native speakers

| c. 12 million (2009)[1]

Language family

Indo-European

* Balto-Slavic
* Slavic
* South Slavic
* Serbo-Croatian
* Serbian

Writing system

* Serbian Cyrillic
* Serbian Latin
* Yugoslav Braille

Official status

Official language in

* File:Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
* File:Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo[a] (co-official)
* File:Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina (co-official)
* File:Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro[2] (in official use)

Recognised minority
language in

* File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
* File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary[3]
* File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia[4]
* Czech Republic[5][6]
* File:Flag of North Macedonia.svg North Macedonia[7]
* File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania

Regulated by| Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language
Language codes
ISO 639-1| `sr`
ISO 639-2| `srp`
ISO 639-3| `srp`
Glottolog| `serb1264`
Linguasphere| `part of 53-AAA-g`

Map of Serbian language - official or recognized

Countries/regions where Serbian is an official language.

Countries/regions where it is recognized as a minority language.

File:Lang Status 99-NI.png

Serbian is not endangered according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

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Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti speaking Serbian, a co-official language under the Kosovar constitution

Serbian (српски / srpski, pronounced [sr̩̂pskiː]) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs.[8][9][10][11][12] It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and Kosovo.[a] It is a recognized minority language in Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

Standard Serbian is based on the most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, Shtokavian (more specifically on the dialects of Šumadija-Vojvodina and Eastern Herzegovina[13]), which is also the basis of standard Croatian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin varieties[14] and therefore the Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Bosniaks, Serbs, and Montenegrins was issued in 2017.[15][16] The other dialect spoken by Serbs is Torlakian in southeastern Serbia, which is transitional to Macedonian and Bulgarian.

Serbian is practically the only European standard language whose speakers are fully functionally digraphic,[17] using both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet was devised in 1814 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić, who created it based on phonemic principles. The Latin alphabet used for Serbian (latinica) was designed by the Croatian linguist Ljudevit Gaj in the 1830s based on the Czech system with a one-to-one grapheme-phoneme correlation between the Cyrillic and Latin orthographies, resulting in a parallel system.[18]

## Contents

* 1 Classification
* 2 Geographic distribution
* 2.1 Status in Montenegro
* 3 Differences between standard Serbian and standard Croatian and Bosnian
* 4 Writing system
* 4.1 Usage
* 4.2 Alphabetic order
* 5 Grammar
* 5.1 Nouns
* 5.2 Pronouns
* 5.3 Adjectives
* 5.4 Verbs
* 6 Vocabulary
* 7 Serbian literature
* 8 Dialects
* 9 Dictionaries
* 9.1 Standard dictionaries
* 9.2 Etymological dictionaries
* 9.3 Dialectal dictionaries
* 10 Sample text
* 11 See also
* 12 Explanatory notes
* 13 References
* 14 Further reading
* 14.1 Books
* 14.2 Journals
* 15 External links

## Classification[edit | edit source]

See also: History of Serbo-Croatian

Serbian is a standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian,[19][20] a Slavic language (Indo-European), of the South Slavic subgroup. Other standardized forms of Serbo-Croatian are Bosnian, Croatian, and Montenegrin. "An examination of all the major 'levels' of language shows that BCS is clearly a single language with a single grammatical system."[21] It has lower intelligibility with the Eastern South Slavic languages Bulgarian and Macedonian, than with Slovene (Slovene is part of the Western South Slavic subgroup, but there are still significant differences in vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation to the standardized forms of Serbo-Croatian, although it is closer to the Kajkavian and Chakavian dialects of Serbo-Croatian[22]).

## Geographic distribution[edit | edit source]

Figures of speakers according to countries:

* Serbia: 6,540,699 (official language)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1,086,027[23] (co-official language)
* Germany: 568,240[citation needed]
* Austria: 350,000[citation needed]
* Montenegro: 265,890 (language in official use)
* Switzerland: 186,000
* United States: 172,874
* Sweden: 120,000
* Italy: 106,498 [24]
* Kosovo[a]: est. 70.000–100.000[25][26] (co-official language)
* Canada: 72,690[27]
* Australia: 55,114[28][29]
* Croatia: 52,879[30] (recognized minority language)
* Slovenia: 38,964
* North Macedonia: 24,773 (recognized minority language)
* Romania: 22,518 (recognized minority language)

### Status in Montenegro[edit | edit source]

Serbian was the official language of Montenegro until October 2007 when the new Constitution of Montenegro replaced the Constitution of 1992. Amid opposition from pro-Serbian parties,[31] Montenegrin was made the sole official language of the country, and Serbian was given the status of a language in official use along with Bosnian, Albanian, and Croatian.[32]

In the 2011 Montenegrin census, 42.88% declared Serbian to be their native language, while Montenegrin was declared by 36.97% of the population.[33]

## Differences between standard Serbian and standard Croatian and Bosnian[edit | edit source]

Main article: Comparison of standard Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian

See also: Serbo-Croatian phonology and Serbo-Croatian grammar

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## Writing system[edit | edit source]

Main articles: Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Gaj's Latin alphabet, and Yugoslav Braille

Standard Serbian language uses both Cyrillic (ћирилица, ćirilica) and Latin script (latinica, латиница). Serbian is a rare example of synchronic digraphia, a situation where all literate members of a society have two interchangeable writing systems available to them. Media and publishers typically select one alphabet or the other. In general, the alphabets are used interchangeably; except in the legal sphere, where Cyrillic is required, there is no context where one alphabet or another predominates.

Although Serbian language authorities have recognized the official status of both scripts in contemporary Standard Serbian for more than half of a century now, due to historical reasons, the Cyrillic script was made the official script of Serbia's administration by the 2006 Constitution.[34]

The Latin script continues to be used in official contexts, although the government has indicated its desire to phase out this practice due to national sentiment. The Ministry of Culture believes that Cyrillic is the "identity script" of the Serbian nation.[35]

However, the law does not regulate scripts in standard language, or standard language itself by any means, leaving the choice of script as a matter of personal preference and to the free will in all aspects of life (publishing, media, trade and commerce, etc.), except in government paperwork production and in official written communication with state officials, which have to be in Cyrillic.[34]

### Usage[edit | edit source]

To most Serbians, the Latin script tends to imply a cosmopolitan or neutral attitude, while Cyrillic appeals to a more traditional or vintage sensibility.[36]

In media, the public broadcaster, Radio Television of Serbia, predominantly uses the Cyrillic script whereas the privately run broadcasters, like RTV Pink, predominantly use the Latin script. Newspapers can be found in both scripts.

In the public sphere, with logos, outdoor signage and retail packaging, the Latin script predominates, although both scripts are commonly seen. The Serbian government has encouraged increasing the use of Cyrillic in these contexts.[36] Larger signs, especially those put up by the government, will often feature both alphabets; if the sign has English on it, then usually only Cyrillic is used for the Serbian text.

A survey from 2014 showed that 47% of the Serbian population favors the Latin alphabet whereas 36% favors the Cyrillic one.[37]

Latin script has become more and more popular in Serbia, as it is easier to input on phones and computers.[38]

### Alphabetic order[edit | edit source]

The sort order of the ćirilica (ћирилица) alphabet:

* Cyrillic order called Azbuka (азбука): А Б В Г Д Ђ Е Ж З И Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С Т Ћ У Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш

The sort order of the latinica (латиница) alphabet:

* Latin order called Abeceda (абецеда): A B C Č Ć D Dž Đ E F G H I J K L Lj M N Nj O P R S Š T U V Z Ž

## Grammar[edit | edit source]

Main article: Serbo-Croatian grammar

Serbian is a highly inflected language, with grammatical morphology for nouns, pronouns and adjectives as well as verbs.[39]

### Nouns[edit | edit source]

Serbian nouns are classified into three declensional types, denoted largely by their nominative case endings as "-a" type, "-i" and "-e" type. Into each of these declensional types may fall nouns of any of three genders: masculine, feminine or neuter. Each noun may be inflected to represent the noun's grammatical case, of which Serbian has seven:

* Nominative
* Genitive
* Dative
* Accusative
* Vocative
* Instrumental
* Locative

Nouns are further inflected to represent the noun's number, singular or plural.

### Pronouns[edit | edit source]

Pronouns, when used, are inflected along the same case and number morphology as nouns. Serbian is a pro-drop language, meaning that pronouns may be omitted from a sentence when their meaning is easily inferred from the text. In cases where pronouns may be dropped, they may also be used to add emphasis. For example:

Serbian | English equivalent

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Kako si? | How are you?
A kako si ti? | And how are you?

### Adjectives[edit | edit source]

Adjectives in Serbian may be placed before or after the noun they modify, but must agree in number, gender and case with the modified noun.

### Verbs[edit | edit source]

Serbian verbs are conjugated in four past forms—perfect, aorist, imperfect, and pluperfect—of which the last two have a very limited use (imperfect is still used in some dialects, but the majority of native Serbian speakers consider it archaic), one future tense (also known as the first future tense, as opposed to the second future tense or the future exact, which is considered a tense of the conditional mood by some contemporary linguists), and one present tense. These are the tenses of the indicative mood. Apart from the indicative mood, there is also the imperative mood. The conditional mood has two more tenses: the first conditional (commonly used in conditional clauses, both for possible and impossible conditional clauses) and the second conditional (without use in the spoken language—it should be used for impossible conditional clauses). Serbian has active and passive voice.

As for the non-finite verb forms, Serbian has one infinitive, two adjectival participles (the active and the passive), and two adverbial participles (the present and the past).

## Vocabulary[edit | edit source]

See also: Loanwords in Serbian

Most Serbian words are of native Slavic lexical stock, tracing back to the Proto-Slavic language. There are many loanwords from different languages, reflecting cultural interaction throughout history. Notable loanwords were borrowed from Greek, Latin, Italian, Turkish, Hungarian, English, Russian, German, Czech and French.

## Serbian literature[edit | edit source]

Main article: Serbian literature

File:Miroslav's Gospel 001.jpg

Miroslavljevo jevanđelje (The Gospel of Miroslav), a manuscript, c. 1186

Serbian literature emerged in the Middle Ages, and included such works as Miroslavljevo jevanđelje (Miroslav's Gospel) in 1186 and Dušanov zakonik (Dušan's Code) in 1349. Little secular medieval literature has been preserved, but what there is shows that it was in accord with its time; for example, the Serbian Alexandride, a book about Alexander the Great, and a translation of Tristan and Iseult into Serbian. Although not belonging to the literature proper, the corpus of Serbian literacy in the 14th and 15th centuries contains numerous legal, commercial and administrative texts with marked presence of Serbian vernacular juxtaposed on the matrix of Serbian Church Slavonic.

By the beginning of the 14th century the Serbo-Croatian language, which was so rigorously proscribed by earlier local laws, becomes the dominant language of the Republic of Ragusa.[40] However, despite her wealthy citizens speaking the Serbo-Croatian dialect of Dubrovnik in their family circles, they sent their children to Florentine schools to become perfectly fluent in Italian.[40] Since the beginning of the 13th century, the entire official correspondence of Dubrovnik with states in the hinterland was conducted in Serbian.[41]

In the mid-15th century, Serbia was conquered by the Ottoman Empire and for the next 400 years there was no opportunity for the creation of secular written literature. However, some of the greatest literary works in Serbian come from this time, in the form of oral literature, the most notable form being epic poetry. The epic poems were mainly written down in the 19th century, and preserved in oral tradition up to the 1950s, a few centuries or even a millennium longer than by most other "epic folks". Goethe and Jacob Grimm learned Serbian in order to read Serbian epic poetry in the original. By the end of the 18th century, the written literature had become estranged from the spoken language. In the second half of the 18th century, the new language appeared, called Slavonic-Serbian. This artificial idiom superseded the works of poets and historians like Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović, who wrote in essentially modern Serbian in the 1720s. These vernacular compositions have remained cloistered from the general public and received due attention only with the advent of modern literary historians and writers like Milorad Pavić. In the early 19th century, Vuk Stefanović Karadžić promoted the spoken language of the people as a literary norm.

## Dialects[edit | edit source]

See also: Dialects of Serbo-Croatian

The dialects of Serbo-Croatian, regarded Serbian (traditionally spoken in Serbia), include:

* Šumadija–Vojvodina (Ekavian, Neo-Shtokavian): central and northern Serbia
* Eastern Herzegovinian (Ijekavian, Neo-Shtokavian): southwestern Serbia, western half of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
* Kosovo–Resava (Ekavian, Old-Shtokavian): eastern central Serbia, central Kosovo
* Smederevo–Vršac (Ekavian, Old-Shtokavian): east-central Serbia
* Prizren–Timok (transitional Torlakian): southeastern Serbia, southern Kosovo
* Zeta–Raška (Ijekavian, Old-Shtokavian): eastern half of Montenegro, southwestern Serbia

## Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

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Vuk Karadžić's Srpski rječnik, first published in 1818, is the earliest dictionary of modern literary Serbian. The Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (I–XXIII), published by the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1880 to 1976, is the only general historical dictionary of Serbo-Croatian. Its first editor was Đuro Daničić, followed by Pero Budmani and the famous Vukovian Tomislav Maretić. The sources of this dictionary are, especially in the first volumes, mainly Štokavian. There are older, pre-standard dictionaries, such as the 1791 German–Serbian dictionary.

### Standard dictionaries[edit | edit source]

* Dictionary of Serbo-Croatian Literary and Vernacular Language (Rečnik srpskohrvatskog književnog i narodnog jezika) is the biggest dictionary of Serbian (and Serbo-Croatian as a whole) and still unfinished. Starting in 1959, 21 volumes were published as of 2020 and about 40 are expected by the time it is finished.
* Dictionary of Serbo-Croatian Literary Language (Rečnik srpskohrvatskoga književnog jezika) in six volumes in 1967-1976, started as a common project of Matica srpska (published in Cyrillic) and Matica hrvatska (published in Latin). Only the first three volumes were published by Matica hrvatska due to negative feedback from Croatian linguists.
* Dictionary of the Serbian language (Rečnik srpskoga jezika; ISBN 978-86-7946-004-2) in one volume, published in 2007 by Matica srpska, which on more than 1500 pages in A4 format explains more than 85,000 entries.

### Etymological dictionaries[edit | edit source]

The standard and the only completed etymological dictionary of Serbian is the "Skok", written by the Croatian linguist Petar Skok: Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika ("Etymological Dictionary of Croatian or Serbian"). I-IV. Zagreb 1971–1974.

There is also a new monumental Etimološki rečnik srpskog jezika (Etymological Dictionary of Serbian). So far, two volumes have been published: I (with words on A-), and II (Ba-Bd).

There are specialized etymological dictionaries for German, Italian, Croatian, Turkish, Greek, Hungarian, Russian, English and other loanwords (cf. chapter word origin).

### Dialectal dictionaries[edit | edit source]

* Kosovsko-resavski dialect dictionaries:
* Gliša Elezović, Rečnik kosovsko-metohiskog dijalekta I-II. 1932/1935.
* Prizren-Timok (Torlakian) dialect dictionaries:
* Brana Mitrović, Rečnik leskovačkog govora. Leskovac 1984.
* Nikola Živković, Rečnik pirotskog govora. Pirot, 1987.
* Miodrag Marković, Rečnik crnorečkog govora I-II. 1986/1993.
* Jakša Dinić, Rečnik timočkog govora I-III.1988–1992.
* Jakša Dinić, Timocki dijalekatski recnik, (Institut za srpski jezik, Monografije 4; ISBN 978-86-82873-17-4) Beograd 2008,
* Momčilo Zlatanović, Rečnik govora južne Srbije. Vranje, 1998, 1–491.
* East-Herzegovinian dialect dictionaries:
* Milija Stanić, Uskočki rečnik I–II. Beograd 1990/1991.
* Miloš Vujičić, Rečnik govora Prošćenja kod Mojkovca. Podgorica, 1995.
* Srđan Musić, Romanizmi u severozapadnoj Boki Kotorskoj. 1972.
* Svetozar Gagović, Iz leksike Pive. Beograd 2004.
* Zeta-Pešter dialect:
* Rada Stijović, Iz leksike Vasojevića. 1990.
* Drago Ćupić - Željko Ćupić, Rečnik govora Zagarača. 1997.
* Vesna Lipovac-Radulović, Romanizmi u Crnoj Gori - jugoistočni dio Boke Kotorske. Cetinje - Titograd, 1981.
* Vesna Lipovac-Radulović, Romanizmi u Budvi i Paštrovićima. Novi Sad 1997.
* Others:
* Rečnik srpskih govora Vojvodine. Novi Sad.
* Mile Tomić, Rečnik radimskog govora - dijaspora, Rumunija. 1989.

## Sample text[edit | edit source]

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Serbian, written in the Cyrillic script:[42]

> Сва људска бића рађају се слободна и једнака у достојанству и правима. Она су обдарена разумом и свешћу и треба једни према другима да поступају у духу братства.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Serbian, written in the Latin alphabet:[43]

> Sva ljudska bića rađaju se slobodna i jednaka u dostojanstvu i pravima. Ona su obdarena razumom i svešću i treba jedni prema drugima da postupaju u duhu bratstva.

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English:[44]

> All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

## See also[edit | edit source]

South Slavic languages and dialects

Western South Slavic

* Serbo-Croatian

* Standard languages
* Bosnian
* Croatian
* Montenegrin
* Serbian
(Slavonic-Serbian)

* Dialects
* Shtokavian

* (Bunjevac
* Dubrovnik

Eastern Herzegovinian
Zeta-Raška
Smederevo–Vršac

* Šumadija–Vojvodina
* Užican)

* Chakavian

* (Burgenland
* Molise)

* Kajkavian
* Torlakian

* Accents
*     * Ekavian
* Ijekavian
* Ikavian

* Comparison of standard Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian

* Slovene
* Dialects

* (Prekmurje Slovene
* Resian)

Eastern South Slavic

* Church Slavonic (Old)

* Bulgarian
* Dialects
* Banat
*     * Torlakian
* Meshterski

* Macedonian
* Dialects

* (Western
* Southeastern

* Northern
* Torlakian)

* Spoken Macedonian
* Standard Macedonian

Transitional dialects

* Serbian–Bulgarian–Macedonian
*     * Torlakian

* Croatian–Slovenian
* Kajkavian

* Bulgarian–Macedonian
* Slavic dialects of Greece

Alphabets

* Modern
*     * Gaj's Latina
* Serbian Cyrillic

* Bulgarian Cyrillic
* Macedonian Cyrillic
* Montenegrin
* Slovene

* Historical
*     * Bohoričica
* Dajnčica
* Metelčica

*     * Arebica
* Bosnian Cyrillic

*     * Glagolitic
* Early Cyrillic

a Includes Banat Bulgarian alphabet.

* v
* t
* e

* Declaration on the Common Language 2017
* Dialects of Serbo-Croatian
* Mutual intelligibility
* Pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language
* Romano-Serbian language (mix with Romany)
* Šatrovački (slang form)
* Serbian language in Croatia
* Serbian proverbs
* Language secessionism in Serbo-Croatian

## Explanatory notes[edit | edit source]

1. ^ a b c The political status of Kosovo is disputed. Having unilaterally declared independence from Serbia in 2008, Kosovo is formally recognised as an independent state by 100 UN member states (with another 13 states recognising it at some point but then withdrawing their recognition) and 93 states not recognizing it, while Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory.

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## Further reading[edit | edit source]

### Books[edit | edit source]

* Belić, Aleksandar (2000). O dijalektima. Zavod za udžbenike i nastavna sredstva. ISBN 9788617076311.
* Greenberg, Robert D. (2004). Language and Identity in the Balkans: Serbo-Croatian and its Disintegration. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191514555.
* Grickat, Irena (1975). Studije iz istorije srpskohrvatskog jezika. Narodna Biblioteka SR Srbije.
* Ivić, Pavle (1995). "Standard language as an instrument of culture and the product of national history". The history of Serbian Culture. Rastko.
* Ivić, P. (1971). Srpski narod i njegov jezik. Beograd: Serbian Literary Guild.
* Ivić, P. (1986). Srpski narod i njegov jezik (2nd ed.). Beograd: Serbian Literary Guild.
* Kovačević, M. (2003). Srpski jezik i srpski jezici. Serbian Literary Guild.
* Marojević, R. (2008). "Српски jезик данас". Бард-фин. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
* Milćanović, A. (2006). "Kratka istorija srpskog književnog jezika". Beograd: Zavod za udžbenike. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
* Milošević, M. (2001). Gramatika srpskoga jezika: priručnik za poznavanje srpskog književnog jezika. Draganić.
* Okuka, Miloš (2008). Srpski dijalekti. Zagreb: Prosvjeta. ISBN 9789537611064.
* Petrović, Dragoljub; Gudurić, Snežana (2010). Фонологија српскога језика. Beograd: Institut za srpski jezik SANU, Beogradska knjiga, Matica srpska.
* Popović, I. (1955). Историја српскохрватског језика. Novi Sad: Матица српска.
* Popović, L. (2004). From standard Serbian through standard Serbo-Croatian to standard Serbian.
* Radovanović, Milorad (1996). Српски језик на крају века. Институт за српски језик САНУ. ISBN 9788682873013.
* Simić, Ž. (1922). Srpska gramatika. G. Kon.
* Vujanić, M.; Nikolić, M., eds. (2007). Речник српскога језика. Матица српска.

### Journals[edit | edit source]

* Belić, Aleksandar, ed. (1911). "Српски дијалектолошки зборник". Srpski dijalektološki zbornik [Recueil de dialectologie serbe]. 2.
* Greenberg, Robert D. (2000). "Language Politics in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia: The Crisis over the Future of Serbian". Slavic Review. 59 (3): 625–640. doi:10.2307/2697348. JSTOR 2697348. S2CID 155546040.
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* Isailović, Neven G.; Krstić, Aleksandar R. (2015). "Serbian Language and Cyrillic Script as a Means of Diplomatic Literacy in South Eastern Europe in 15th and 16th Centuries". Literacy Experiences concerning Medieval and Early Modern Transylvania. Cluj-Napoca: George Bariţiu Institute of History. pp. 185–195.
* Kovačević, M. (2007). "Srpski jezik i njegove varijante". Srpsko Pitanje I Srbistika: 255–262.
* Marinković, M. (2010). "Srpski jezik u Osmanskom carstvu: primer četvorojezičnog udžbenika za učenje stranih jezika iz biblioteke sultana Mahmuda I". Slavistika. XIV.
* Marojević, R. (1996). "Srpski jezik u porodici slovenskih jezika" [The Serbian language in the family of Slavic languages]. Srpski jezik [The Serbian language]: 1–2.
* Mišić Ilić, B. (2015). "Srpski jezik u dijaspori: pogled iz lingvističkog ugla" [Serbian language in the diaspora]. Srpski Jezik. 20: 289–307.
* Okuka, M. (2009). "Srpski jezik danas: sociolingvistički status". `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
* Petrović, T. (2001). "Speaking a different Serbian language: Refugees in Serbia between conflict and integration". `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
* Radić, Jovanka; Miloradović, Sofija (2009). Piper, P. (ed.). "Српски језик у контексту националних идентитета: поводом српске мањине у Мађарској". ЈУЖНОСЛОВЕНСКИ филолог. LXV: 153–179. GGKEY:00RD5D429DG.
* Radovanović, Milorad (1996). "Srpski jezik" [The Serbian language]. Opole: Uniwersytet Opolski–Instytut Filologii Polskiej. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
* Radovanović, Milorad (2000). "From Serbo-Croatian to Serbian". Multilingua. 19 (1–2): 21–35. doi:10.1515/mult.2000.19.1-2.21. S2CID 143260283.
* Savić, Viktor (2016). "The Serbian Redaction of the Church Slavonic Language: From St. Clement, the Bishop of the Slavs, to St. Sava, the Serbian Archbishop". Slověne=Словѣне. International Journal of Slavic Studies. 5 (2): 231–339.
* Sorescu-Marinković, Annemarie (2010). "Serbian Language Acquisition in Communist Romania" (PDF). Balcanica (41): 7–31. doi:10.2298/BALC1041007S.
* Vučković, M. (2009). "Савремена дијалектолошка истраживања у српској лингвистици и проблематика језика у контакту". Јужнословенски филолог. 65: 405–423.

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