Montenegrin language

Montenegrin (/ˌmɒntɪˈnɡrɪn/ MON-tə-NEE-grən; crnogorski / црногорски) is a normative variety of the Serbo-Croatian language.[4] It is the official language of Montenegro.

Montenegrin
crnogorski / црногорски
Pronunciation[tsr̩nǒɡorskiː]
Native toMontenegro
EthnicityMontenegrins
Language family
Writing systemCyrillic (Montenegrin alphabet)
Latin (Montenegrin alphabet)
Yugoslav Braille
Official status
Official language inFlag of Montenegro.svg
Recognised minority language in Bosnia and Herzegovina[1]
Mali Iđoš municipality (Vojvodina, Serbia)[2]
Regulated byBoard for Standardization of the Montenegrin Language
Language codes
ISO 639-2cnr
ISO 639-3cnr [3]
Linguaspherepart of 53-AAA-g

Alphabet

The Montenegrin alphabet has three more letters than the Serbian one; Ś, З and Ź. Besides those letters, the Serbian and Montenegrin alphabets are the same.

Sample text

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Montenegrin, written in the Latin alphabet:[5]

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

Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English:[6]

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.

Montenegrin Language Media

References

  1. Council of Europe: [1] (in English)
  2. Serbian Montenegrins Demand Official Language Rights (7 August 2017).
  3. cnr - ISO 639-3. www-01.sil.org.
  4. Šipka, Danko. Lexical layers of identity: words, meaning, and culture in the Slavic languages (2019). New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 201. ISBN 978-953-313-086-6. doi:10.1017/9781108685795. OCLC 1061308790.
  5. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ohchr.org.
  6. Universal Declaration of Human Rights. un.org.