Is Montenegrin and Serbian the same language?
Is Montenegrin and Serbian the same language?
They are mutually intelligible. And the overwhelming consensus among linguists is that Montenegrin and Serbian, as well as Bosnian and Croatian, are basically the same language.
Is Montenegrin hard to learn?
It’s considered a medium-difficulty language: not as hard as Chinese, Japanese or Arabic but more difficult than French or Spanish. Advantages are that Montenegrin uses the Latin alphabet (so does English) and that all words are spelled exactly as they sound. Less than 65 letters of the alphabet!
Is Yugoslavian a language?
SOME 17m people in Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro speak variations of what used to be called Serbo-Croatian or Croato-Serbian. Officially though, the language that once united Yugoslavia has, like the country, ceased to exist. Instead, it now has four names: Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and Montenegrin.
How do you say hello in Montenegrin?
Hello, goodbye and good morning in Montenegrin Say ‘hello’ to Montenegro with a rousing zdravo, pronounced ‘zdrah-voh’ – the emphasis is on the first part of the word. Feeling more formal? Greet your counterpart with dobro jutro (‘dob-ro yoo-tro’), ‘good morning’ in Montenegrin.
How do you say good morning in Montenegrin?
Greet your counterpart with dobro jutro (‘dob-ro yoo-tro’), ‘good morning’ in Montenegrin. Use dobar dan (‘dob-ar-dun’) in the afternoon and dobro veče (‘dob-ro ve-che’) in the evening. To say goodbye, say doviđenja (‘doh-vee-dje-nyah’).
Does Montenegro use Cyrillic?
The Montenegrin Cyrillic alphabet (Montenegrin: црногорска ћирилица / crnogorska ćirilica or црногорска азбука / crnogorska azbuka) is the official Cyrillic script of the Montenegrin language. It is used in parallel with the Latin script….Cyrillic alphabet.
Montenegrin Cyrillic | |
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Languages | Montenegrin |
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Do people still speak Yugoslavian?
Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, Bosnian has likewise been established as an official standard in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and there is an ongoing movement to codify a separate Montenegrin standard….
Serbo-Croatian | |
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Ethnicity | Bosniaks Croats Montenegrins Serbs |
Native speakers | 21 million (2011) |
Do people speak Arabic in Bosnia?
Bosnian has more Arabic, Turkish, and Persian loanwords than Croatian and Serbian due to its links with these cultures via Islamic ties. Bosnia began to establish itself as an individual language after the disintegration of Yugoslavia in the 1990s.