Langenesis

Indo-European family

Serbo-Croatian

c. 1100 CE – today Living

Serbo-Croatian (c. 1100 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Slavic → Proto-South Slavic → Serbo-Croatian.

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Speakers
17M (17,000,000)
ISO 639-3
hbs
Glottocode
sout1528

Western South Slavic pluricentric language with Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian and Montenegrin standards, shown here as one node. Earliest vernacular monument is the Baška tablet (c. 1100).

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Slavicc. 200 BCE – 600 CE
  3. Proto-South Slavicc. 600 CE – 900 CE
  4. Serbo-Croatianc. 1100 CE – today

Sister languages 2

Also descended from Proto-South Slavic.

Sources