Montenegrin

E178603

Montenegrin is a South Slavic language spoken primarily in Montenegro and recognized as one of the standard varieties of the Serbo-Croatian language continuum.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Montenegrin canonical 4
Montenegrin language 4
Standard Montenegrin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Slavic language
pluricentric language variety
standard variety of Serbo-Croatian
closelyRelatedTo Bosnian
Croatian
Serbian
hasCaseSystem seven grammatical cases
hasDialectBase Eastern Herzegovinian dialect
linked to: Shtokavian dialect
hasGenderSystem feminine
masculine
neuter
hasGlottocode mont1282
hasLinguasphereCode 53-AAA-g
hasMorphologicalType fusional language
hasNativeName crnogorski jezik
hasNumberSystem plural
singular
hasPhoneme /ś/
/ź/
hasRegulator Council for the Standardization of the Montenegrin Language
hasStandardBasedOn Neo-Štokavian dialect
linked to: Shtokavian dialect
hasStandardizationDebate status within Serbo-Croatian continuum
hasWordOrder SVO-dominant
hasWritingDirection left-to-right
ISO639-1Code cnr
ISO639-2Code cnr
ISO639-3Code cnr
languageBranch Western South Slavic languages
languageFamily Slavic languages
languageSubfamily South Slavic languages
officialStatusIn Montenegro
partOf Serbo-Croatian language continuum
linked to: Serbo-Croatian
primaryCountry Montenegro
recognizedAsSeparateStandardBy Montenegrin government
sharesMutualIntelligibilityWith Bosnian
Croatian
Serbian
linked to: Serbian language
spokenIn Montenegro
standardizedIn 21st century
usedByEthnicGroup Montenegrins
usesAlphabetVariant Montenegrin Cyrillic alphabet
Montenegrin Latin alphabet
usesLatinDiacriticLetters Ś
Ź
writingSystem Cyrillic script
Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Podgorica officialLanguage Montenegrin
Serbian language closelyRelatedTo Montenegrin language
linked to: Montenegrin
Nikšić officialLanguage Montenegrin
Herceg Novi officialLanguage Montenegrin
Government of Montenegro officialLanguage Montenegrin language
linked to: Montenegrin
Government of Montenegro usesLanguage Montenegrin language
linked to: Montenegrin
Berane officialLanguage Montenegrin
Shtokavian dialect isDialectalBaseOf Montenegrin language
linked to: Montenegrin
Shtokavian dialect usedInStandardFormOf Standard Montenegrin
linked to: Montenegrin