Montenegrin alphabet

Paired script scope

Record whether a source describes the Latin form, Cyrillic form or their relationship; a single-script source does not establish the other inventory.

1. Does this source specify Montenegrin Latin, Montenegrin Cyrillic or both? boundary
2. What evidence identifies the inventory as Montenegrin rather than merely a shared regional repertoire? definition

Version-qualified inventory

Attach each inventory assertion to an identifiable edition and distinguish its stated authority from evidence of actual use.

1. Which publication, edition and pages establish this letter inventory? provenance
2. Is this inventory an adopted standard, an earlier proposal or a description of usage? boundary

Acute-accent letter distinction

Track ś and ź separately from s and z, and с́ and з́ separately from с and з; record supported uppercase forms and source-defined sound correspondences.

1. How does the selected orthographic edition define the names, case forms and sound values of these letters? definition
2. Does the proposed inventory retain each acute-accent letter as a distinct alphabetic unit? measurement

Letter count versus character count

Record the alphabetic status and position of Dž, Lj and Nj independently from their component characters and from the Cyrillic inventory's order.

1. Which units does the source count as letters, and what total follows for each script? measurement
2. What order does the source assign to the digraph letters and to Ś and Ź? definition

Letter-level correspondence

Specify mappings for the full inventories, including Ś/Ź and digraph-to-single-letter correspondences, with separate treatment of uppercase and title case.

1. What sourced mapping covers every letter in both conversion directions? provenance
2. How should Dž, DŽ, Lj, LJ, Nj and NJ be rendered when converting case-sensitive text? action

Digraph and spelling boundaries

Distinguish an alphabetic digraph from adjacent independent letters, and distinguish script conversion from replacing sj or zj with another spelling.

1. When can a matching character sequence represent separate letters rather than one digraph letter? boundary
2. What lexical or orthographic evidence is required before changing sj or zj to ś or ź? action

Combining acute representation

ICANN represents Cyrillic с́ and з́ using the corresponding Cyrillic base plus U+0301; its domain-label profile is evidence for encoding practice, not a complete orthographic authority. [ICANN reference rules](https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/packages/lgr/lgr-second-level-montenegrin-cyrillic-language-24jan24-en.html)

1. Which code-point sequences and normalization forms preserve each required Montenegrin letter? definition
2. Does normalization preserve the acute accent and base script through a save-and-reload cycle? measurement

Visible and stored letter agreement

Compare stored sequences with displayed letters, including accent placement, case forms and accidental substitution of visually similar characters from another script.

1. Can the selected keyboard and font enter and display all required letters in both cases? measurement
2. What correction preserves the original text when an accent is missing or a base character belongs to the wrong script? action

Membership with context

Report whether letters fit the selected inventory while retaining context for foreign names, quotations, historical spellings and mixed-script passages.

1. Which observed letters fall outside the selected Montenegrin inventory, and in which text spans? measurement
2. What additional evidence is needed before labelling the text's language as Montenegrin? boundary

Operation-specific equivalence

Keep exact letter identity, case-insensitive matching, cross-script matching and accent-insensitive discovery as separately declared operations.

1. Which distinctions may this search or comparison operation ignore, and which must its results retain? action
2. Do sorting and conversion checks preserve Ś/Ź, their Cyrillic counterparts and the intended digraph boundaries? measurement

Check these first

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these check these first hold for the sense of Montenegrin alphabet this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Kinds and varieties

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these kinds and varieties hold for the sense of Montenegrin alphabet this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Identifiers and schemes

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these identifiers and schemes hold for the sense of Montenegrin alphabet this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Standards and regulation

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these standards and regulation hold for the sense of Montenegrin alphabet this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Real-world use

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these real-world use hold for the sense of Montenegrin alphabet this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Typical measurements

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these typical measurements hold for the sense of Montenegrin alphabet this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Failure modes and hazards

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these failure modes and hazards hold for the sense of Montenegrin alphabet this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Regional variation

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these regional variation hold for the sense of Montenegrin alphabet this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance

Neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart

Recalled without web access and unsourced; every item is a lead to verify.

1. Which of these neighbouring kinds and how to tell them apart hold for the sense of Montenegrin alphabet this model covers, and on what evidence? provenance