Official languages Montenegrin | Sign languages Yugoslav Sign Language | |
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Minority languages Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian | ||
Montenegro has one official language, specified in the Constitution of 2007 as Montenegrin. In 2011, the majority of the population declared "Serbian" to be their native language, while 37% declared it to be "Montenegrin". Linguistically, they are the same language (a dialect of Serbo-Croatian), but an incipient Montenegrin standard is in the process of being formulated.
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Map of Montenegro
Recognized minority languages are Albanian, Bosnian, and Croatian. Albanian is an official language of the municipality of Ulcinj. Additionally, there are a few hundreds Italians in Montenegro, concentrated in the Bay of Kotor (Cattaro).
The Montenegrin language is written in Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, but there it is a growing political movement to use only the Latin alphabet.
Minority languages
Albanian