Serbo-Croatian is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro. It is a pluricentric language with four mutually intelligible standard varieties.
Shtokavian or Štokavian is the prestige dialect of the pluricentric Serbo-Croatian language and the basis of its Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin standards. It is a part of the South Slavic dialect continuum. Its name comes from the form for the interrogatory pronoun for "what" in Western Shtokavian, što. This is in contrast to Kajkavian and Chakavian.
Kajkavian is a South Slavic regiolect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia, Gorski Kotar and northern Istria.
Wenceslaus, Wenceslas and Wenzslaus are Latinized forms of the Slavic name Czech: Václav, Polish: Wacław, Więcesław, Russian: Vyacheslav, Croatian: Vjenceslav, among others. It originated as a Latin spelling for West Slavic rulers. It is a Slavic dithematic name, derived from the Slavic words veli/vyache/więce/više, and slava, both very common in Slavic names. It roughly means "greater glory". It may refer to:
Višeslav is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name, a Slavic dithematic name, derived from the Slavic words više and -slav, roughly meaning "greater glory". It is a cognate of Romanized West Slavic Wenceslaus. It may refer to:
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet is an adaptation of the Cyrillic script for the Serbian language, developed in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin, the other being Latin.
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.
This article features the naming culture of personal names of ethnic Serbs and the Serbian language. Serbian names are rendered in the "Western name order" with the surname placed after the given name. "Eastern name order" may be used when multiple names appear in a sorted list, particularly in official notes and legal documents when the last name is capitalized.
The name of Croatia derives from Medieval Latin Croātia, itself a derivation of the native ethnonym, earlier Xъrvatъ and modern-day Croatian: Hrvat.
Vojislav is a Serbian masculine given name, a Slavic dithematic name, derived from the Slavic words voj, and slava, which both are very common in Slavic names. Its feminine form is Vojislava. It may refer to:
Vladan is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name, a shorter form of Slavic dithematic names with the element vlad meaning "to rule, ruler". It is attested in Serbian society since the Middle Ages. The patronymic surname Vladanović is derived from the name. Feminine forms are Vladana and Vladanka.
Blagoje is a masculine Slavic name derived from the roots blag and -oje. It is recorded in Serbia since the Middle Ages. It may refer to:
Serbo-Croatian is a South Slavic language with four national standards. The Eastern Herzegovinian Neo-Shtokavian dialect forms the basis for Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian.
Serbo-Croatian is a South Slavic language that has, like most other Slavic languages, an extensive system of inflection. This article describes exclusively the grammar of the Shtokavian dialect, which is a part of the South Slavic dialect continuum and the basis for the Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian standard variants of Serbo-Croatian.
Radovan is a Slavic male given name, derived from the passive adjective radovati ("rejoice"), itself from root rad- meaning "care, joy". It is found in its Slavic form Radovan in former Yugoslavia, and also in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Russia, Ukraine, and Bulgaria. It is recorded in Serbia since the High Middle Ages.
While many Slavic languages officially use Latin-derived names for the months of the year in the Gregorian calendar, there is also a set of older names for the twelve months that differs from the Latin month names, as they are of Slavic origin. In some languages, such as the Serbian language these traditional names have since been archaized and are thus seldom used.
Miljko is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from Slavic mil- and hypocoristic suffix -ko, both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It may refer to:
Vladoje is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name, derived from the Slavic element vlad meaning "to rule, ruler" and the suffix -oje. It is attested in Serbian society since the Middle Ages. The patronymic surname Vladojević (Владојевић) is derived from the name. It may refer to:
