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Geographical Distribution of Serbian Speakers

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  • Serbia: 6,540,699 (official language)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1,086,027(co-official language)
  • Germany: 568,240
  • Austria: 350,000
  • Montenegro: 265,890 (language in official use)
  • Switzerland: 186,000
  • United States: 172,874
  • Sweden: 120,000
  • Italy: 106,498 [24]
  • Kosovo[a]: est. 70.000–100.000 (co-official language)
  • Canada: 72,690
  • Australia: 55,114
  • Croatia: 52,879 (recognized minority language)
  • Slovenia: 38,964
  • North Macedonia: 24,773 (recognized minority language)
  • Romania: 22,518 (recognized minority language)

Serbian Dialects

The dialects of Serbo-Croatian, regarded Serbian (traditionally spoken in Serbia), include:

  • Šumadija–Vojvodina (Ekavian, Neo-Shtokavian): central and northern Serbia
  • Eastern Herzegovinian (Ijekavian, Neo-Shtokavian): southwestern Serbia, western half of Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
  • Kosovo–Resava (Ekavian, Old-Shtokavian): eastern central Serbia, central Kosovo
  • Smederevo–Vršac (Ekavian, Old-Shtokavian): east-central Serbia
  • Prizren–Timok (transitional Torlakian): southeastern Serbia, southern Kosovo
  • Zeta–Raška (Ijekavian, Old-Shtokavian): eastern half of Montenegro, southwestern Serbia

The Serbian Language

Serbian is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and Kosovo. It is a recognized minority language in Croatia, North Macedonia, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic.

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