Montenegrin language

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
crnogorski / црногорски
Pronunciation	[tsr̩nǒɡorskiː]
Native to	Montenegro
Ethnicity	Montenegrins
Language family	Indo-European Balto-Slavic Slavic South Slavic Western Serbo-Croatian Montenegrin
Writing system	Cyrillic (Montenegrin alphabet) Latin (Montenegrin alphabet) Yugoslav Braille
Official status
Official language in	Montenegro
Recognised minority language in	Bosnia and Herzegovina[1] Mali Iđoš municipality (Vojvodina, Serbia)[2]
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
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Alphabet

The 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

Article 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.