Romanization of Serbian
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The romanization or latinization of Serbian is the representation of the Serbian language using Latin letters. Serbian is natively written in its own Serbian Cyrillic alphabet
, a variation of Cyrillic
.
However, Gaj's Latin alphabet is also used in Serbia as the second official alphabet and the two are directly and completely interchangeable.
The Latin variation of the Serbian alphabet is identical to those used in Bosnian
and Croatian
language.
Serbian Cyrillic alphabet
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script for the Serbian language, developed in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two standard modern alphabets used to write the Serbian language, the other being Latin...
, a variation of Cyrillic
Cyrillic alphabet
The Cyrillic script or azbuka is an alphabetic writing system developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School...
.
However, Gaj's Latin alphabet is also used in Serbia as the second official alphabet and the two are directly and completely interchangeable.
The Latin variation of the Serbian alphabet is identical to those used in Bosnian
Bosnian language
Bosnian is a South Slavic language, spoken by Bosniaks. As a standardized form of the Shtokavian dialect, it is one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina....
and Croatian
Croatian language
Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
language.