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name: locale-sr-me
description: Use when working with the Serbian (Montenegro) locale (`sr-ME`) — its endonym Српски (Црна Гора), Cyrillic script, left-to-right (LTR) direction, or spoken-population data. Reference data and translation guidance (register, grammar, idiom, typography) for this specific locale; see [[locale]] for general i18n/l10n concepts (BCP 47, plural rules, RTL) that apply across all locales.
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# Locale: Serbian (Montenegro) (sr-ME)

Reference data for the **Serbian (Montenegro)** locale — endonym **Српски (Црна Гора)**, written in the Cyrillic script, left-to-right (LTR).

## Identifiers

- **BCP 47 tag:** `sr-ME`
- **ISO 639-1:** `sr`
- **ISO 639-3:** `srp`
- **Script:** Cyrl (Cyrillic)
- **Region:** ME (Montenegro)
- **Text direction:** ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

## Speakers (approximate)

- **L1 (native):** 250,000
- **L2 (additional):** 50,000
- **L1+L2 (total):** 300,000

## Base locale

This is a regional variant of [[locale-sr-001]] (Serbian), the base/macro locale for this language.

## Pluralization

CLDR plural categories for this locale: **one**, **few**, **other** (3 forms).

- **one** — `v = 0 and i % 10 = 1 and i % 100 != 11 or f % 10 = 1 and f % 100 != 11` (e.g. 1, 21, 31, 41, …)
- **few** — `v = 0 and i % 10 = 2..4 and i % 100 != 12..14 or f % 10 = 2..4 and f % 100 != 12..14` (e.g. 2~4, 22~24, 32~34, 42~44, …)
- **other** — everything else (e.g. 0, 5~19, 100, 1000, …)

See [[unicode-messageformat]] for writing plural messages using these categories.

## Translating into this locale

Apply [[locale-sr-001]] with the conventions of Montenegro (Serbian). Montenegrin is the official language of Montenegro and has its own standard, with additional letters ś and ź (`с́`, `з́`); Serbian is also widely used and recognized.

- **Variant:** ijekavian; use `лијепо`, `млијеко`, `ријека` forms.
- **Script:** both Cyrillic and Latin are used; Latin is more common in daily life.
- **Formats:** the euro (`€`) is used; dates `17. 10. 2026.`; decimal comma.
- **Context:** if the audience expects Montenegrin, use the Montenegrin standard (including ś and ź) rather than Serbian.

## Common pitfalls

- Using ekavian forms.
- Using the dinar for Montenegro.
- The general pitfalls in [[locale-sr-001]] also apply.

## Learn more

- [[locale]] for BCP 47 identifiers, locale-sensitive formatting, pluralization, and text-direction concepts that apply across all locales.
- [[unicode-messageformat]] for writing plural/selection messages correctly for this locale's grammar.
- Unicode CLDR locale data for number, date, and currency formats (https://cldr.unicode.org)