Languages of Montenegro

Languages of Montenegro
Languages of Montenegro
	Linguistic distribution by settlements, 2011
Official	Montenegrin
Regional	Serbian, Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian
Foreign	English 25.9%; Russian 9.2%; Italian 4.8%; German 2.8%; French 2.5%;
Signed	Yugoslav Sign Language
Keyboard layout	South Slavic Latin QWERTZ;

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. The Montenegrin language is 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]

^ PhD, Gilad James. "Introduction to Montenegro". Gilad James Mystery School. Retrieved 17 December 2023 – via Google Books.
^ "Albanian language official in Montenegro". Oculus News. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^ "Montenegro: A need to improve promotion of the Romani language, among other findings in minority language report - European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages - www.coe.int". European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

[1] PhD, Gilad James. "Introduction to Montenegro". Gilad James Mystery School. Retrieved 17 December 2023 – via Google Books.

[2] "Albanian language official in Montenegro". Oculus News. Retrieved 23 September 2019.

[3] "Montenegro: A need to improve promotion of the Romani language, among other findings in minority language report - European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages - www.coe.int". European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Retrieved 17 December 2023.

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