Learn Serbian Through Useful Moments

Why Learn Serbian?

Speakers
About 8.2 million (2022–2023)
Official in
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Kosovo
Written in
Both Cyrillic and Latin letters

Start With the Script

Serbian Cyrillic

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Letters You Already Know

2

Familiar Shapes, New Sounds

3

Two More Familiar Shapes

4

New Shapes, Familiar Sounds

5

More Shapes To Read

6

Hisses And Buzzes

7

Two Softer Sounds

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Your Last Three Letters

Read at Your Level

Essential Serbian Greetings, Cafe Phrases, and Daily Conversation

9 Lessons

Serbian Course Levels

  1. Level 1I'm just starting out or know only a few words
  2. Level 2I can read simple sentences
  3. Level 3I can read short stories and messages
  4. Level 4I can read longer texts about everyday life
  5. Level 5I can follow complex topics, but miss some details
  6. Level 6I can read almost anything

How Long Does It Take to Learn Serbian?

The U.S. Foreign Service Institute plans 1,012 class hours for its English-speaking students to use Serbo-Croatian at work. That is about 44 weeks of classes, plus about 17 hours a week of study on their own. FSI gives one figure for all Serbo-Croatian, Serbian included.

Here is how long 1,012 hours takes at your own pace:

3½ hours a week
About 5 years 6 months
7 hours a week
About 2 years 9 months
14 hours a week
About 1 year 5 months
28 hours a week
About 8 months

Common Questions About Learning Serbian

Does Bubblegum teach Serbian?

Yes. Bubblegum teaches Serbian. You can read the lessons in Latin or Cyrillic letters and switch at any time.

Is Bubblegum good for beginners?

If you are serious about learning Serbian, start with Bubblegum. Poppy, your AI tutor, writes lessons at your level about things you like.

Which levels does Bubblegum teach?

Bubblegum has six levels, from Level 1 ("I'm just starting out or know only a few words") to Level 6 ("I can read almost anything"). You can change your level at any time.

Does Bubblegum teach Serbian Cyrillic?

Yes. Start with the free Serbian Cyrillic course on this site.

Do the Serbian lessons have audio?

Yes. Clear, expressive AI voices read every lesson aloud, with a different voice for each speaker.

Can I practice speaking Serbian?

Yes. In live voice chat, you talk out loud in Serbian with Poppy, your AI tutor.

Which languages can Poppy explain Serbian in?

Poppy explains Serbian in any of the 74 languages the app comes in. The language pairs page shows how much of the Serbian grammar and dictionary is ready in each one.

Is Bubblegum free?

Yes. Lessons Poppy wrote for other learners are free for everyone to read. Custom lessons cost us money to make, so you need Bubblegum Pro for unlimited custom lessons.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia, Serbian language (the standard variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs; 8.2 million speakers, Ethnologue 2022–2023; official in Serbia, in both entities of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and co-official in Kosovo; written in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts)
  2. U.S. Department of State, Foreign Language Training (Category III: about 44 weeks, 1,012 class hours; Albanian, Azerbaijani, Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Slovenian, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese)