Which alphabets are used for Serbian writing?

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Serbian is primarily written using a modified version of the Cyrillic alphabet, a script that reflects the religious heritage of the Serbian people. This modern Serbian Cyrillic system was simplified and standardized by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić between 1814 and 1864, resulting in an alphabet of 30 letters that correspond precisely to the language's five vowels and 25 consonants.123

While Cyrillic is the script traditionally associated with Serbian, the Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian language as a whole utilizes both Cyrillic and Latin alphabet scripts depending on the region and cultural context.12