page_title: Languages of Montenegro
hierarchical_section_title: Languages of Montenegro
caption_attribution_description: English: This is a linguistic map of Montenegro according to the 2011 population census. Data is according to settlements.
context_page_description: Languages of Montenegro are languages that are spoken in Montenegro. According to the Constitution of Montenegro, adopted in 2007, Montenegro has one official language, specified as Montenegrin. At the 2011 census, 42% of the population declared Serbian to be their native language, while 37% declared it to be Montenegrin. Linguistically, they, along Bosnian, and Croatian are different standardized varieties of the former Serbo-Croatian language, but an incipient Montenegrin standard is in the process of being formulated.
  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.
  Additionally, there are a few hundred Italians in Montenegro, concentrated in the Bay of Kotor.
  The Montenegrin language is written in Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, but there is a growing political movement to use only the Latin alphabet.
context_section_description: Languages of Montenegro are languages that are spoken in Montenegro. According to the Constitution of Montenegro, adopted in 2007, Montenegro has one official language, specified as Montenegrin. At the 2011 census, 42% of the population declared Serbian to be their native language, while 37% declared it to be Montenegrin. Linguistically, they, along Bosnian, and Croatian are different standardized varieties of the former Serbo-Croatian language, but an incipient Montenegrin standard is in the process of being formulated.
  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.
  Additionally, there are a few hundred Italians in Montenegro, concentrated in the Bay of Kotor (Cattaro).
  The Montenegrin language is written in Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, but there is a growing political movement to use only the Latin alphabet.
caption: Linguistic distribution by settlements, 2011
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