The Croatian language is a South Slavic language primarily spoken in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and neighboring regions of Serbia and Montenegro. It is the official language of Croatia and one of the official languages of the European Union. The Croatian standard language is based on the most widespread dialect, Shtokavian, which is also the basis for the standard forms of Serbian, Bosnian, and Montenegrin.
Croatian uses the Latin script, unlike Serbian which also employs Cyrillic. Unique to Croatian are certain lexical differences, its use of the "ijekavian" pronunciation, and certain grammatical constructions.
