Serbo-Croatian
Serbo-Croatian is one of 99 world languages in the LEXOS registry, belonging to the Indo-European language family. Every word or phrase can be analysed across 6 linguistic levels: phonetics → phonology → morphology → syntax → semantics → pragmatics.
South Slavic branch of Indo-European. Mutually intelligible standard varieties (Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin) written in both Cyrillic (Serbian) and Latin (Croatian) scripts, a textbook case of political divergence over a shared spoken language.
6 Levels of Analysis for Serbo-Croatian
Other Indo-European languages
Frequently asked about Serbo-Croatian
What language family does Serbo-Croatian belong to?
Indo-European.
At which levels can I analyse Serbo-Croatian?
Six levels: Phonetics (speech sounds, IPA), Phonology (phonemes and sound patterns), Morphology (word structure), Syntax (phrases and sentence structure), Semantics (literal meaning), Pragmatics (meaning in context).
Is Serbo-Croatian one of the most spoken world languages?
Yes — LEXOS catalogues the 99 most-spoken / most-commercially-relevant world languages, covering every major language family and every continent.