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Serbian is written in the Cyrillic script, similar to Russian but with some important exceptions. However, the Latin script (as used for Croatian) is also in common use in Montenegro (there are newspapers and magazines published in both), which generally makes reading menus, signs and timetables much easier. Still, you will almost certainly encounter Cyrillic at some point during your visit, so should ultimately familiarize yourself with both scripts (see Appendix D).

The Bay of Kotor (Boka Kotorska), from Perast

Pronunciation is very important if you are to be understood clearly. Note that a number of letters, though they may appear quite familiar (in both Cyrillic and Latin scripts), are nevertheless pronounced very differently to how they would be in English: the Cyrillic letters X, J, H, P, C, Y and B are actually pronounced ‘h’, y, ‘n’, ‘r’, ‘s’, ‘oo’ and ‘v’ respectively. The Latin letters C and J are pronounced ‘ts’ and y respectively.

English is spoken fairly widely in main tourist centres along the coast, less so inland (with the exception of places which see plenty of overseas visitors such as Žabljak).