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The main spoken language is (of course) Serbian, a fairly traditional South-Slavic language. The dialectal differences are generally minor and fairly easy to understand, with one exception: the Torlakian (or Prizren-Timok) dialect, spoken in the south and east of the country, shares quite a few features with Bulgarian and Macedonian, including a near-complete loss of cases and generally far more archaic vocabulary. Serbian media stereotype it as the local equivalent of the [[Deep South]] hick dialect, much to the chagrin of the Southerners who are sick of the long running perception that they're backwards and uneducated.
When it comes to the pastimes, sports are a major part of Serbian everyday life. Football used to be incredibly popular up until the 1990s, and Serbian [[Football Hooligans]] are still legendary for their sheer ferocity. Since then basketball has become a very close competitor for "most loved sport" as the country has produced dozens of great basketball players, including NBA legends like Peja Stojakovic, Vlade Divac and,
Outside of sports and entertainment Serbs generally [[Big Eater|love to eat]]: the national cuisine is very hearty, rich in meat of all kinds (pork, lamb and beef are the three main sources), though veggies aren't ignored either, with salads being a frequent side dish. It helps that it fuses a ''ton'' of influences from across Europe and the Middle East (through Turkey) to create a pretty delectable array of dishes and deserts.
==Serbia in fiction==
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