Serbo-Croatian facts for kids
Serbo-Croatian is the name of a Slavic language, which is spoken in modern-day Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. Between 1954 and 1992, it was one of the official languages of Yugoslavia (the others were Slovenian and Macedonian). The term Serbo-Croatian was first used in the 1830s. Today, people often speak about Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin languages. Research has also shown that what is called Serbo-Croatian language, is in fact a number of slightly different dialects or languages, and that a "Serbo-Croatian language" does not exist. People speaking one of the dialects easily understand other people speaking a different dialect. Also, people in Serbia use the Cyrillic alphabet to write the language, while people in other parts use the Roman alphabet.
Images for kids
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Hval's Codex, 1404
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Đuro Daničić, Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (Croatian or Serbian Dictionary), 1882
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Tomislav Maretić's 1899 Grammar of Croatian or Serbian.
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A "trilingual" warning sign in Latin and Cyrillic script on the pack of Drina cigarettes: all three inscriptions are identical.
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Ethno-political variants of Serbo-Croatian as of 2006.
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Humac tablet, ~1000 AD
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Humac tablet from the 10th century
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Baška tablet, Island Krk c. 1100
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Charter of Bosnian Ban Kulin from the 12th century
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The Vinodol Codex, 1288
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Glagolitic Missal of Duke Novak, 1368
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Vatican Croatian Prayer Book c. 1400
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Hrvoje's Missal, 1404
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A page from the "Istrian land survey" of 1526
