Serbo-croat (Noun)
Meaning
The Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats; the Serbian dialect is usually written in the Cyrillic alphabet and the Croatian dialect is usually written in the Roman alphabet.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Serbo-Croat was the official language of Yugoslavia until the country's dissolution in the 1990s.
- The language was taught in schools throughout the region, with Serbian students learning the Cyrillic alphabet and Croatian students learning the Roman alphabet.
- Despite their differences, the Serbian and Croatian dialects of Serbo-Croat are mutually intelligible to a high degree.
- The Serbo-Croat language has a rich literary tradition, with notable authors such as Ivo Andrić and Miroslav Krleža.
- The use of Serbo-Croat as a lingua franca declined significantly after the breakup of Yugoslavia, as the newly independent countries promoted their own languages and dialects.