The Republic of Serbia is located on the Balkan peninsula at the crossroads between Central, Southern and Eastern Europe. The majority of its 10 million inhabitants are Serbs and the official language is Serbian, written in both the Cyrillic and Latin alphabets. The use of two scripts simultaneously and equally among speakers is not seen in any other European language.

Learn to confidently speak, read, and write Serbian with Beginner's Serbian with Online Audio. It includes:

• A brief introduction to Serbian history and culture
• 15 practical lessons with dialogues, vocabulary, and instruction in the Cyrillic alphabet
• Exercises with answer key
• Serbian-English and English-Serbian glossaries
• Online MP3 audio files for download which feature pronunciation by native speakers

Aida Vidan holds a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Harvard University, where she currently teaches. She has lived and conducted research in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Great Britain, Italy, and Russia, and in addition to offering classes at Harvard, she has also taught in Northwestern University’s summer program in Croatia and at the Institute of Ethnic Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing. In 2016 she was awarded the title of an honorary Cross-cultural Ambassador by the Sorbonne University UNESCO Club. Robert Niebuhr is a historian and university instructor who has taught at Boston-area universities including Boston College and Harvard University. He is co-author of Beginner’s Croatian with 2 Audio CDs and Language and Travel Guide to Croatia, both published by Hippocrene Books. He resides in the Boston area.