srpTechnical information about ISO 639 language code srp
The table below provides technical details for the Serbian language, designated by the srp code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Serbian Native Српски |
| Scripts | |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Šumadija–VojvodinaEast HerzegovinianKosovo–ResavaPrizren–Timok (Torlakian) |
| Related languages | BosnianCroatianMontenegrinMacedonianBulgarian |
| Key facts | Uses both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets with a nearly perfect one-to-one sound–letter correspondenceEmploys four phonemic pitch accents that can alter word meaningModern standard was shaped by 19th-century reformer Vuk Karadžić under the motto “Write as you speak”Nouns, adjectives and pronouns inflect for seven grammatical cases and two numbersIt forms a dialect continuum and high mutual intelligibility with Bosnian, Croatian and Montenegrin. |
| Sample phrase | Здраво, како си? |
| Character encodings | ISO 8859-2, ISO 8859-5, ISO 8859-16, Windows 1250, Windows 1251, MacCyrillic, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32 |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Serbian language, identified by the code srp, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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