Languages of Montenegro | |
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Official | Montenegrin |
Regional | Serbian, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian |
Foreign |
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Signed | Yugoslav Sign Language |
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Languages of Montenegro are languages that are spoken in Montenegro. According to the Constitution of Montenegro, adopted in 2007, Montenegro has only one official language, specified as Montenegrin althoughSerbian language is used by more than 40% of the population and Crnogorski (Montenegrin) only by around 30% of population. The Montenegrin language is a sort of a dialect of Serbian language.
written in the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, but there is a growing political movement to use only the Latin alphabet.[1]
Legally recognized minority languages are Albanian, Bosnian, and Croatian. As of 2017, Albanian is an official language of the municipalities of Podgorica, Ulcinj, Bar, Pljevlja, Rozaje and Tuzi.[2] Additionally, there are a few hundred Italians in Montenegro, concentrated in the Bay of Kotor (Cattaro).
Romani is a protected language.[3]