Two alphabets are used in Serbian language: the Cyrillic and the Latin. The two alphabets are almost equivalent.
- The letters Lj, Nj and D? are represented by two characters in the Latin alphabet and are always written together even in top-down text). They are also sorted together (i.e. ljubav comes after lopta).
- Cyrillic is considered more precise because there is no ambiguity involved in reading Lj, Nj and D?. For example, both Cyrillic "инјекција" (mathematical injection or medical injection) and "његов" (his) are written with "nj" in Latin form. Thus, transliteration of Cyrillic text to Latin is straightforward but causes loss of information that makes it harder to perform the inverse.
Alphabeth:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cyrillic:
A | Б | Ц | Д | E | Ф | Г | Х | И | J | K | Л | M | Н | O | П | - | Р | С | T | У | В | - | - |- | З
The sort order of the two alphabets is different.
Serbian chirilc alpahabeth
Cyrillic: А Б В Г Д Ђ Е Ж З И Ј К Л Љ М Н Њ О П Р С Т Ћ У Ф Х Ц Ч Џ Ш
Roman: А B V G D DJ E ? Z I J K L LJ M N NJ O P R S T Ć U F H C Č D? Š
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Vowels
The Serbian vowel system is simple, with only five vowels. All vowels are monophthongs.
The oral vowels are as follows:
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Latin script |
Cyrillic script |
Description |
English approximation |
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a |
а |
[a] |
father |
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i |
и |
[i] |
seek |
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e |
е |
[ɛ] |
ten |
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o |
о |
[ɔ] |
caught (British) |
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u |
у |
[u] |
boom |
List of common phrases:
Serbian: Srpski - Српски
Excuse me: izvinjavam se - извињавам се (lit. I excuse myself)
My name is... Ime mi je or more often Zovem se... (lit. I'm calling myself...) Име ми је ... оr Зовем се...
What? Šta? - Шта?, Molim? - Молим? (polite)
OK: u redu - у реду (lit. in order)
I don't kno: ne znam - не знам
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