Locale Sr Rs

Reference data for the Serbian (Serbia) locale — endonym Српски (Србија), written in the Cyrillic script, left-to-right (LTR).

Identifiers

• BCP 47 tag: sr-RS
• ISO 639-1: sr
• ISO 639-3: srp
• Script: Cyrl (Cyrillic)
• Region: RS (Serbia)
• Text direction: ltr — left-to-right (LTR)

Speakers (approximate)

• L1 (native): 6,600,000
• L2 (additional): 1,000,000
• L1+L2 (total): 7,600,000

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 Serbia.

• Script and variant: Cyrillic is the official script by the Constitution, and Latin is widely used in daily and commercial text; provide the script the product audience reads. Standard Serbian in Serbia is ekavian.
• Formats: dinar (RSD, дин.); dates 17.10.2026.; 24-hour clock; decimal comma.
• Terminology: use Serbian terms (хиљада, воз, ваздухоплов) rather than Croatian ones (tisuća, vlak, zrakoplov).

Common pitfalls

• Using ijekavian or Croatian forms.
• Assuming one script for all readers.
• 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)