Languages of Vojvodina

Languages of Vojvodina

Languages spoken in the Serbian province of Vojvodina include South Slavic languages (Serbian, Croatian, Bunjevac, Šokac, Macedonian, Slovenian, Bulgarian), West Slavic languages (Slovak, Rusyn, Czech), East Slavic languages (Ukrainian, Russian), Hungarian language, Romanian language, German language, Romani language, Albanian language, Chinese language, etc.

Historical overview

It is unknown which languages were spoken in the territory of present-day Vojvodina in paleolithic and neolithic times. First speakers of Indo-European languages arrived here in 4200 BC and since the first written traces about this region appeared, there are records about speakers of various Indo-European languages that lived in this area, including speakers of Thracian, Illyrian, Celtic, Iranian and Italic branches of Indo-European language family. The decline and fall of the Roman Empire brought to this area speakers of Turkic and Germanic languages as well. Speakers of South Slavic languages settled in the area in the 6th century, while speakers of Hungarian appeared in the 9th century. Ottoman conquest of the region in the 16th century brought to this area speakers of Turkish, Romani, and other languages, while Habsburg conquest in the end of the 17th and first half of the 18th century brought here the speakers of German, Slovak, Rusyn, Czech, Ukrainian and other languages. In recent years, there is an increasing number of speakers of Chinese language as well.

2002 census data

According to the 2002 census, main languages spoken in Vojvodina were:
*Serbian: 1,557,020 (76.63%)
*Hungarian: 284,205 (13.99%)
*Slovak: 55,065 (2.71%)
*Romanian: 29,512 (1.45%)
*Romani: 21,939 (1.08%)
*Croatian: 21,053 (1.04%)

Official usage

The provincial administration of Vojvodina recognises six official regional languages: Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Romanian, Croatian, and Rusyn. All of the official languages are used in the provincial government. The Serbian language is used in all municipality governments, while minority languages are used in selected municipality governments. The Serbian language with Cyrillic script is in official use in all 45 municipalities of Vojvodina, while Serbian Latin script is in official use in only 23 of 45 municipalities. The Hungarian language is in official use in 29 municipalities, Slovak in 12, Romanian in 9, Rusyn in 6, and Croatian and Czech in 1 municipality each (however, the Czech language is not official at provincial level).

Usage in media

Radio Television of Vojvodina, the public broadcaster in the province, broadcasts programme in 10 languages: Serbian, Hungarian, Slovak, Rusyn, Romanian, Bunjevac, Ukrainian, Romani, Croatian, and Macedonian. Certain TV shows are also translated into Sign language.

ee also

*Languages of Serbia
*Official status of Romanian language in Vojvodina
*List of Hungarian exonyms in Vojvodina
*German exonyms (Vojvodina)


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