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On the occasion of International Mother Language Day, observed on Feb. 21, the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights and Social Dialogue has issued a statement saying that aside from the Serbian, another 12 languages of the minorities have the official status in Serbia.
In 42 local self-governments, Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, the language of the Bunjevci people, Hungarian, Macedonia, Romanian, Rusyn, Slovakian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Czech have the official status, while the languages of the Vlachs and Roma are official in certain settlements, according to the statement.
A total of 60,000 children in Serbia receive minority language education at all levels, namely in Albanian, Bosnia, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Rusyn, Romanian, Slovakian, and Croatian, it is said in the statement.
Another eight languages are taught in mother language classes, including national culture elements, namely the languages of the Bunjevci people and Vlachs, Macedonian, German, Roma, Slovenian, Ukrainian, and Czech.
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