Diasystem not a single language
Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian are not one language nor have they ever been one. All three now official standards have separate histories and developments and althouh mutually intelligible they are not and cannot be one language ... least some fantasy 'Serbo-Croatian' which existed only on paper and had two official variants - western (Croatian) and eastern (Serbian). Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian are all part of the same Central-South Slavic diasystem, same as Continental and Insular Scandinavian diasystems or the similar Czech-Slovak diasystem, and have always been as such.
Sent by: K.R.
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Finally someone making some sense here! :) Nicely said KR. Very true as well. Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian are three languages, not one.
Bosnia, Croation and Serbia, they all are Slavic language. So on the terms of Delmatia language is conected with the Illyrian language, as is spoken in Sicily and Calabria today, and Albania.
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