Serbo-Croatian is a South Slavic language spoken by about 20 million people. The purpose of this page is to list a load of musicians, shows, movies, books etc. that use Serbo-Croatian and that a learner of the language might find useful or entertaining, along with some information on the kind of language used.
Music[]

Dubrovnik
Rock/Metal
Artist | Subgenre | Standard |
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Artan Lili | Alt Rock | Serbian |
Van Gogh | Serbian | |
Riblja čorba | Serbian | |
Kerber | Serbian | |
Pero Defformero | Folk metal | Serbian |
Artan Lili | Alt rock | Serbian |
Repetitor | Punk | Serbian |
Idoli | New wave | Serbian |
Aerodrom | Croatian | |
M.O.R.T | Punk | Croatian |
Paraf(early) | Punk | Croatian |
Vatra | Pop-Rock | Croatian |
Zabranjeno pušenje | New primitivism | Bosnian |
Pop
Artist | Subgenre | Standard |
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Denis i Denis | Synthpop | Croatian |
Paraf(late) | Synthpop | Croatian |
Folk
Arist | Subgenre | Standard |
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Himzo Polovina | Sevdah | Bosnian |
Sinan Sakić | Turbofolk | Serbian |
Shows[]
Name | Genre | Standard | Where to find | Notes |
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Bolji život | Serbian | |||
Lud Zbunjen Normalan | Sitcom | Bosnian | ||
Top Lista Nadrealista | Sketch Comedy | Bosnian | Most episodes are on Youtube | Many characters speak with an exaggerated Bosnian accent |
Večernja Škola | Comedy | Croatian | All episodes are on Youtube |
Children's shows[]
Title | Type | Standard | Where to find | Notes |
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Baltazar | Animation | Croatian | All episodes are on Youtube |
Movies[]
The Temple of Saint Sava
Title | Genre | Standard | Notes |
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Do Koske | Serbian | ||
Lepa Sela Lepo Gore | Serbian | ||
Profesionalac | Serbian |
https://croatian.film/hr/ A site with Croatian films
Reading[]
News[]
Bilingual text[]
http://www.croatianhistory.net/etf/parallel.html (Croatian)
http://www.supernova-soft.com/text_aligner/parallel_texts/ (Serbian, also contains some books in other languages)
Books[]
Title | Genre | Standard | Notes |
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Children's literature[]
Title | Standard | Notes |
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Plesna Haljina Žutog Maslačka | Croatian | |
Vlak u Snijegu | Croatian | |
Priče iz davnine | Croatian | Language can be quite archaic and regional |
Serbo-Croatian |
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Serbo-Croatian
Scripts Serbian cyrillic script Latinica Standards Bosnian Croatian Serbian Montenegrin Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Montenegrin Compared Serbo-Croatian Input Material |