Montenegrin language
normative variety of Serbo-Croatian in Montenegro
Montenegrin (/ˌmɒntɪˈniːɡrɪn/ MON-tə-NEE-grən; crnogorski / црногорски) is a normative variety of the Serbo-Croatian language.[5] It is the official language of Montenegro.
Montenegrin | |
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crnogorski / црногорски | |
Pronunciation | [tsr̩nǒɡorskiː] |
Native to | Montenegro |
Ethnicity | Montenegrins |
Cyrillic (Montenegrin alphabet) Latin (Montenegrin alphabet) Yugoslav Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | ![]() |
Recognised minority language in | |
Regulated by | Board for Standardization of the Montenegrin Language |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | cnr [3] |
ISO 639-3 | cnr [4] |
Glottolog | mont1282 |
Linguasphere | part of 53-AAA-g |
Alphabet
changeThe 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
changeArticle 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Montenegrin, written in the Latin alphabet:[6]
- 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:[7]
- 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.
References
change- ↑ Council of Europe: [1] (in English)
- ↑ "Serbian Montenegrins Demand Official Language Rights". 7 August 2017.
- ↑ "ISO 639-2 Language Code List - Codes for the representation of names of languages (Library of Congress)". www.loc.gov.
- ↑ "cnr - ISO 639-3". www-01.sil.org.
- ↑ Šipka, Danko (2019). Lexical layers of identity: words, meaning, and culture in the Slavic languages. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 201. doi:10.1017/9781108685795. ISBN 978-953-313-086-6. LCCN 2018048005. OCLC 1061308790. S2CID 150383965.
the Montenegrin language (one of the four ethnic variants of Serbo-Croatian)
- ↑ "Universal Declaration of Human Rights". ohchr.org.
- ↑ "Universal Declaration of Human Rights". un.org.