▁Bos n ian ), ▁which ▁are ▁all ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁S ht ok av ian ▁dialect . ▁ ▁Ser bian ▁is ▁an ▁official ▁language ▁in ▁Ser bia ▁and ▁Bos nia - Her z egov ina ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁recognized ▁minor ity ▁language ▁in ▁Mont en eg ro ▁( although ▁spoken ▁by ▁a ▁pl ur ality ▁of ▁population ), ▁Cro atia , ▁North ▁Mac ed onia , ▁Roman ia , ▁Hung ary , ▁Czech ▁Republic ▁and ▁Slov ak ia . ▁Old er ▁forms ▁of ▁literary ▁Ser bian ▁are ▁Church ▁S lav onic ▁of ▁the ▁Ser bian ▁rec ension , ▁which ▁is ▁still ▁used ▁for ▁ecc les iast ical ▁purposes , ▁and ▁S lav onic - Ser bian — a ▁mixture ▁of ▁Ser bian , ▁Church ▁S lav onic ▁and ▁Russian ▁used ▁from ▁the ▁mid - 1 8 th ▁century ▁to ▁the ▁first ▁dec ades ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Ser bian ▁has ▁active ▁dig raph ia , ▁using ▁both ▁C yr ill ic ▁and ▁Latin ▁al ph ab ets . ▁Ser bian ▁C yr ill ic ▁was ▁de vised ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 4 ▁by ▁Ser bian ▁lingu ist ▁V uk ▁Kar ad ž ić , ▁who ▁created ▁the ▁alphabet ▁on ▁ph on em ic ▁principles . ▁ ▁Lo an words ▁in ▁the ▁Ser bian ▁language ▁besides ▁common ▁international isms ▁are ▁mostly ▁from ▁Greek , ▁German ▁and ▁Italian , ▁while ▁words ▁of ▁Hung arian ▁origin ▁are ▁present ▁mostly ▁in ▁the ▁north . ▁There ▁are ▁some ▁Turkish ▁loan words ▁used