According to the results of the population census held in December of last year, most of the inhabitants of Montenegro speak the Serbian language, 43,18 percent of them (269.307).
It is followed by the Montenegrin language spoken by 34,52 percent (215.299), and in third place is Bosnian, with 6,97 percent (43.470), announced the Administration for Statistics (Monstat).
Albanian is spoken by 5,25 percent (32.725), Russian by 2,36 percent (14.731), Serbo-Croatian by 2,08 percent (12.999).
1,71 percent of the population (10.691) did not want to have a say.
According to data from the 2011 census, 42,88 percent of the population spoke Serbian, and 36.97 percent spoke Montenegrin.
In third place was Bosnian with 5,33 percent, followed by Albanian with 5 percent.
0,45 percent spoke Croatian, 0,03 percent English, 0.17 percent Russian, 0,83 percent Romani, and 0,02 percent Slovenian.
Montenegrin-Serbian was then spoken by 0,06 percent, Serbian-Montenegrin: 0,10, Serbian-Croatian 2,03, Croatian-Serbian 0,04 percent.
According to the 2011 census, Bosnian was spoken by 0,59 percent, Hungarian 0,04, Macedonian 0,09, native 0,54, German 0,02, Romanian: 0,02.
0,47 percent remained in the category, 0,07 percent spoke regional languages, and 3,99 percent did not want to make a statement.
The census in Montenegro was supposed to be held in 2021, but it was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
That process was implemented from December 3 to 28 last year, after its beginning was prolonged several times due to the demands of the opposition and councils of less numerous peoples that certain conditions for its implementation be met beforehand.
The director of the Directorate for Statistics (Monstat), Miroslav Pejović, announced at a press conference that there are 623.633 inhabitants living in Montenegro with their usual place of residence in Montenegro, as well as 44.017 who have Montenegrin citizenship and are working, staying or studying abroad.
"A total of 667.650 persons were registered, excluding duplicates, as well as foreigners who do not intend to stay in Montenegro for more than a year," said Pejović.
He speaks Montenegrin less and Serbian more
When comparing the results of the census held last year and the one held in 2011, it can be seen that the number of citizens who speak the Montenegrin language decreased by 13.952, while the number of those who speak Serbian increased by 3.412.
According to the census held last year, 215.299 citizens speak the Montenegrin language, and in 2011 that number was 229.251.
According to the census held last year, 269.307 citizens speak Serbian, and in 2011 that number was 265.895.
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