Serbs
The Serbs (Serbian Cyrillic: Срби, romanized: Srbi, pronounced [sr̩̂bi]) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Southeastern Europe who share a common Serbian ancestry, culture, history, and language. They primarily live in Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro as well as in North Macedonia, Slovenia, Germany and Austria. They also constitute a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania.
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| c. 10 million* | |||||||||||||||||
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| Serbia 5,360,239 (2022) Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,086,733 (2013) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Serbian | |||||||||||||||||
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| Predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy (Serbian Orthodox Church) | |||||||||||||||||
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| South Slavs | |||||||||||||||||
* The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations. **Some 265,895 (or 42.88% of Montenegro's total population) declared Serbian language as their mother tongue. | |||||||||||||||||
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The Serbs share many cultural traits with the rest of the peoples of Southeast Europe. They are predominantly Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. The Serbian language (a standardized version of Serbo-Croatian) is official in Serbia, co-official in Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by the plurality in Montenegro.