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Resources For Studying Slavic Languages

Studying foreign languages familiarizes one with the history, geography, culture, and traditions of another country. It helps to better understand and interact with people from different countries. This guide recommends sources available at the UO & more.

Montenegrin

Montenegrin Language Textbooks and Dictionaries

Print and Electronic Books

Bašanović-Čečović Jelena and Crnogorska akademija nauka i umjetnosti. Rječnik Crnogorskog Narodnog I Književnog Jezika = Dictionary of Montenegrin National and Literary Language. Crnogorska Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti 2016.

Čirgić Adnan. Montenegrin Language in the Past and Present. Institut Za Crnogorski Jezik i književnost : Matica Crnogorska 2011.

Vrabec, Zeljko. Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian : an essential grammar. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2022.

The Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian language system (also known as BCMS) belongs to the South-Slavonic group of languages, which includes Slovene, Macedonian and Bulgarian. These languages are also closely related to the wider Slavonic language family: eastern Slavonic—Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian; and western Slavonic—Polish, Czech and Slovak. This language system was previously known as Serbo-Croatian; it is spoken in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia… Montenegrin is a newcomer to this linguistic conundrum. Montenegrins speak Iyekavian and use Serbian—rather than Croatian...