The Serbs (Serbian: Srbi) are a South Slavic nation and ethnic group native to the Balkans.The majority of Serbs inhabit Serbia (including the disputed territory of Kosovo), as well as Bosnia and Herzegovina (mostly Republika Srpska) and Montenegro, and form significant minorities in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia.

Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in Romania, Hungary, Albania, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

There is a large Serbian diaspora in Western Europe, particularly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Sweden.

Outside Europe, there are significant Serbian communities in the United States, Canada and Australia.The Serbs share cultural traits with the rest of Southeast Europe, and are predominantly Orthodox Christians by religion.

The Serbian language is an official language in Serbia (also in the disputed Kosovo) and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is spoken by a majority in Montenegro.

Serbian language has a historically active digraphia, using both Cyrillic and Latin alphabets.De Administrando Imperio mentions the realm of the Vlastimirović dynasty (ninth and tenth centuries) as Serbia, with several tribes going under the designation Serbs.