Serbian: Isn't my language your language? This chapter discusses
the occurrence of two variants of the Serbian language:
Montenegrin and Serbian. The constitutional status of the two
Serbian alphabets and pronunciations are summarized. With its
two alphabets and two pronunciations, the Serbian language
displays an identity prone to disputes and controversies. The
factions in Serbian linguistic circles are described including:
the status quo linguists, the neo-Vukovite linguists, and the
Orthodox linguists. The chapter details the orthographic chaos
from 1993 to 1994 resulting from competing orthographic manuals.
The orthographic controversy for the Montenegrins is merely a
symptom of a more fundamental suspicion that the Serbian
language can no longer fully support its two equal
pronunciations—ekavian and ijekavian. The internal debate among
the Serbs regarding the co-official status of the ekavian and
ijekavian dialects/pronunciations has a long and emotional
history. Academics lead language planning and the