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Line 20: {{Southslavlang}} [[Image:Serbo croatian languages2006 02.png\|thumb\|300px\|Area (lavender) where a plurality of respondents identified themselves as Montenegrin speakers in the 2003 census in Montenegro]] '''Montenegrin''' (''Crnogorski jezik'', ''Црногорски језик'') is a name used for the [[~~Serbo-Croatian language~~Serbian]] language as spoken by a minority of people in [[~~Montenegrins~~Montenegro]]; it also refers to an incipient standardized form of the [[Shtokavian dialect]] of Serbo-Croatian used as the official language of [[Montenegro]]. The same subdialect of Shtokavian is also the basis of standard [[Croatian language\|Croatian]], [[Bosnian language\|Bosnian]], and [[Serbian language\|Serbian]], so all are mutually intelligible and are a single language by that criterion, despite being distinct national standards.<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/content/Serbian_Croatian_Bosnian_or_Montenegrin_Many_In_Balkans_Just_Call_It_Our_Language_/1497105.html Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Or Montenegrin? Or Just 'Our Language'?], ''[[Radio Free Europe]]'', February 21, 2009</ref> The idea of a Montenegrin standard language separate from [[Serbian language\|Serbian]] appeared in 1990s, and gained traction in 2000s, by proponents of Montenegrin independence. Montenegrin became the [[official language]] of Montenegro with the ratification of a new [[Constitution of Montenegro\|constitution]] on 22 October 2007{{Citation needed\|date=July 2011}}. The Montenegrin standard is still emerging. Its orthography was established 10 July 2009, with the addition of two letters to the alphabet, though grammar and a school curriculum are yet to be approved.<ref name="cafemontenegro.com">[http://www.cafemontenegro.com/index.php?group=22&news=80985 2 more letters in Montenegrin language]</ref>

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