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The Serbian Roman alphabet


A a : a   sound in   father
B b : b   sound in   bat
C c : ts   sound in   bits
Č č : ch   sound in   chat
Ć ć :   sound like  'tu'  in   situation
D d : d   sound in   dog
:   sound like  'j'  in   jam
Đ đ :   sound like  'du'  in   duel
E e : e   sound in   red
F f : f   sound in   far
G g : g   sound in   gap
H h : h   sound in   hot   or
: ch   sound in   loch   (aspirated)
I i : ee   sound in   fee
J j : y   sound in   yes
K k : k   sound in   kit
 
L l : l   sound in   lip
LJ lj :   sound like  'lli'  in   colliery
M m : m   sound in   mat
N n : n   sound in   nut
NJ nj :   sound like  'n'  in   onion
O o : o   sound in   rode   or
: aw   sound in   brawl
P p : p   sound in   pin
R r : r   sound in   rat
S s : s   sound in   sun
Š š : sh   sound in   ship
T t : t   sound in   top
U u : oo   sound in   fool
V v : v   sound in   vat
Z z : z   sound in   zip
Ž ž : zh   sound like  's'  in   treasure
  Qq, Ww, Xx, Yy   in foreign words only

NOTE:  the digraphs "dž", "lj" and "nj" are treated as a single character.


The Serbian Roman alphabet as defined on this web page

<META> character set: UTF-8
<FONT> primary font face: unspecified (CSS defaults to arial)
  special characters: enter as ampersand, hash, 3-digit number, semi-colon:
Capital C, caron = &#268;
Small c, caron = &#269;
Capital C, acute = &#262;
Small c, acute = &#263;
Capital D, stroke = &#272;
Small d, stroke = &#273;
Capital S, caron = &#352;
Small s, caron = &#353;
Capital Z, caron = &#381;
Small z, caron = &#382;