Serbo-Croatian

Serbo-Croatian
/serr'boh kroh ay"sheuhn, -shee euhn/, n.
1. a Slavic language spoken by about three-fourths of the population of Yugoslavia, usually written with Cyrillic letters in Serbia but with Roman letters in Croatia.
adj.
2. of or pertaining to Serbo-Croatian.
Also, Serb.

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