serbo-croatian

English - Turkish

Definition of serbo-croatian in English Turkish dictionary

sırp hırvatçası

sırp-hırvat dili

Sırp-Hırvatça

sırp hırvat

English - English

Definition of serbo-croatian in English English dictionary

The standard language of Yugoslavia, in which Serbian and Croatian languages were considered as a unit (as "Eastern variant" and "Western variant" respectively), and in which Bosnian language did not exist

An umbrella term for all the Slavic dialects spoken in nowadays Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro; in dialectology commonly referred to as Central South Slavic diasystem

A macrolanguage grouping of standard Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian language employed by ISO 639-3

pertaining to the [[#English|Serbo-Croatian]] language

Related Terms

Serbo-Croatian language

South Slavic language spoken by some 21 million people in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia and Montenegro. As the dominant language of pre-1991 Yugoslavia, it was used or understood by most ethnic groups of the federation. The Central Neo-Shtokavian dialect forms the basis for both Standard Serbian and Standard Croatian. Historically, Serbia's literary language was the Serbian recension of Church Slavonic (see Old Church Slavonic language). In the 19th century a new literary language based on colloquial Serbian was successfully promulgated by Vuk Stefanovi Karadi. Croatian written in the Latin alphabet first appears in the mid-14th century. In the 19th century the Zagreb-based Illyrian political movement, which aimed at a union of all South Slavs, turned to the Central Neo-Shtokavian dialect as the basis for a literary language that would unite Croatians and bring them closer to their Slavic compatriots. The move toward a unified "Serbo-Croatian" was supported by the politically unified Yugoslav kingdom (1918-41) and communist Yugoslavia (1945-91). With the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992, a Bosnian form of the language was recognized of necessity. Vocabulary and pronunciation differences exist among the three but form no real barrier to communication. The Croats and Bosnians use the Roman, or Latin, alphabet; the Serbs and Montenegrins of present-day Serbia and Montenegro use Cyrillic. Most Bosnians, Serbs, and Croats insist that their language is distinct from the others, and, perhaps, from a political perspective this is understandable; but most linguists consider Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian a single language, which has historically been called Serbo-Croatian

serbo croatian

serbo croat, Slavic language of the Serbs and Croats

Hyphenation

Ser·bo-Cro·a·tian

Turkish pronunciation

sırbōkrōeyşın

Synonyms

croato-serbian

Pronunciation

/ˈsərbōˌkrōāsʜən/ /ˈsɜrboʊˌkroʊeɪʃən/

Etymology

() From the words Serbian (Serbo when used as a prefix) and Croatian.