The law to be adopted: Cyrillic Alphabet mandatory
Belgrade and Banja Luka have reached an agreement on another important step towards protecting the Serbian national identity and strengthening unity.
Source: Novosti
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Serbian Cyrillic was invented in 1818. It does not go back 1000's of years like Hebrew.
Like I said before, if it was so great, people and businesses would use it without being required.
(, 3 September 2021 21:59) -
It is a fundamental part of our identity as Serbs. This shouldn't even be debated. The use of Cyrillic was diluted in the name of Yugoslavism, to the detriment of Serbian culture and linguistic identity.
(, 31 August 2021 20:45) -
The Cyrilic alphabet is becoming anachronistic and maintaining it, along with the Latin, will be costly and counterproductive.
(Moishe, 29 August 2021 15:47)
The costliest of all alphabets is the British. Not only there is nothing phonetic there, this is the alphabet frequented by British trolls, sometimes pretending to be a Serb (like that "British" granny), sometimes an Albanian (like Tom O'Brainy). And sometimes even an Israeli or a Jew (ehem, ehem, squeak).
(, 30 August 2021 11:55) -
The Serbian written language is in the Cyrillic alphabet and they should continue to use it.
As far as street, road and other signs etc are concerned I think Serbia should have them in Cyrillic and underneath in Latin for tourism reasons and for people that travel through Serbia. You have to accommodate in the 21 century otherwise you end up like the French who have this thing about English not French being the language of business.
As far as products are concerned you can have it in Cyrillic in Serbia and Latin if you export it. It does not cost any more. Its just a matter of changing computer programs by pressing a button.
(, 30 August 2021 11:46) -
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet must be protected and raised to the highest level in Serbia, RS, and other regions where Serbian is spoken. This is not a luxury, but a human right, for a people to be able to use their own language, and script, wherever they live.
(, 30 August 2021 04:20) -
The Cyrilic alphabet is becoming anachronistic and maintaining it, along with the Latin, will be costly and counterproductive.
(, 29 August 2021 15:47) -
This is idiotic!
If it's such a great language and in such high demand, people and companies will use it without being required.
It's a dead alphabet, and the only reason it still exists at all is because it is pushed by the government in public documents and RTS. With the exception of Hleb and Kifla, I can't think of one major business in business in Belgrade that uses it as a primary alphabet.
(, 28 August 2021 19:49) -
Not a popular thing, but apologies, "Latinica" simply annoys me.
I understand it being necessary at major tourist / transit points.
One can see latinic signs in Russia as well.
But would I see latinic only in, say, Russia or Ukraine I would freak out because in my mind I have to read it, than translate into Cyrilic.
Thank goodness, this is nowhere there - and thank goodness, there is no Latinica in Macedonia.
(, 27 August 2021 17:12) -
This has been long overdue. The media, especially advertising, has been largely supporting the use of the Latin alphabet in order to cut costs, meaning that an advertising campaign can be used in more than one country. Serbian cyrillic should be protected and promoted at all levels of society.
(, 27 August 2021 15:08)