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Does Serbia use Latin or Cyrillic?

Does Serbia use Latin or Cyrillic?

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.

Does Serbia use Cyrillic alphabet?

Cyrillic was enshrined as Serbia’s official alphabet in its 2006 constitution, which stipulates that communication between public institutions, as well as between such bodies and the public at large, must be in Cyrillic, except for official communication with “national minorities.”

What language do you speak in Serbia?

Serbian
Serbian is the official language of the Republic of Serbia, and it is also spoken by minorities living in other countries such as Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Along with Bosnian, Croatian, Slovene, and Montenegrin, Serbian belongs to the western group of the South Slavic Languages.

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Can I use Cyrillic and Serbian Latin in the same sentence?

They both can be used equally and in completely the same way, because both Cyrillic and Serbian Latin have same number of letters and each letter from one alphabet can be directly mapped to a letter in the other alphabet.

Does Serbia use both scripts and alphabets?

But the truth is that in Serbia we simultaneously use both scripts and alphabets. The Serbian children learn both Cyrillic and Latin alphabet and script, both block and handwritten styles, in the first two grades at all primary schools in Serbia.

What do the Serbian children learn in school?

The Serbian children learn both Cyrillic and Latin alphabet and script, both block and handwritten styles, in the first two grades at all primary schools in Serbia. Do you wonder how we got there and how it all started?

Why do Serbs use Cyrillic alphabet?

Serbs use mainly the Cyrillic alphabet. Serbs even invented recently a Cyrillic alphabet for the Romanian minority in Timoc in order to replace the existing Latin alphabet of Romanian minority. This was made in order to Serbianize the Romanian minority.