Serbian Latin ⇄ Cyrillic converter
Paste Serbian text in Latin or Cyrillic and get the other alphabet instantly. It works in your browser; your text is never uploaded.
How Serbian uses two alphabets
Serbian is digraphic: the same language is written in Cyrillic (ћирилица) and in Latin (latinica), and the two are exactly equivalent. Vuk Karadžić’s 19th-century reform gave Serbian one letter per sound, so converting is a letter-by-letter job, which is why a tool like this one can do it reliably.
| Cyrillic | Latin | Cyrillic | Latin | Cyrillic | Latin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| А а | A a | Л л | L l | Ц ц | C c |
| Ђ ђ | Đ đ | Љ љ | Lj lj | Ч ч | Č č |
| Ж ж | Ž ž | Њ њ | Nj nj | Џ џ | Dž dž |
| Ј ј | J j | Ћ ћ | Ć ć | Ш ш | Š š |
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Common questions
Is Serbian written in Latin or Cyrillic?
Both. Serbian has two official alphabets, Cyrillic (ћирилица) and Latin (latinica). Cyrillic is the official script in Serbia’s constitution, but Latin is just as common in everyday life, media and the internet.
Does every Cyrillic letter have exactly one Latin letter?
Yes. The two alphabets are fully interchangeable, one to one. Three Cyrillic letters, љ, њ and џ, are written with two Latin letters: lj, nj and dž.
Why does the converter sometimes get “nj”, “lj” or “dž” wrong?
In a few words the letters n+j, l+j or d+ž belong to different syllables and should not become њ, љ or џ. Examples: injekcija (инјекција) and konjugacija (конјугација). Correct these by hand after converting.
Can I type “dj” instead of “đ”?
Yes. Tick “Read dj as đ” to turn dj into ђ. Leave it off for words like “adjektiv”, where d and j are separate sounds.
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