Alternate Names: Montenegrin
Dialects: Shtokavski (Stokavian), Torlakian. A member of macrolanguage Serbo-Croatian ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 6,620,000 in Serbia (2002 census). Population total all countries: 8,957,906.
Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1804–1868.
Typology: SVO; postpositions; genitives, articles, adjectives, numerals, relatives after noun heads; question word initial; 1 suffix; case determines subject, object; obligatory verb affixes mark person, number, gender of subject, object, other noun phrase; passive for each tense, not commonly used today; causatives marked by separate words; comparatives marked by prefix; CCVCVC; nontonal.
Spoken In: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia
Writing System: Braille, Cyrillic, Latin
Nation of Origin: Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo
Other Comments: Previously considered a Serbo-Croat language. Torlakian spoken in south and east. Influence from Bulgarian ,. Some linguists consider it transitional between Shtokavski and Macedonian ,. Christian (Orthodox).