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In the 20th century, Serbo-Croatian served as the lingua franca of the country of Yugoslavia, being the sole official language in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (when it was called "Serbo-Croato-Slovenian"), and afterwards the official language of four out of six republics of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
- 19 million (2022)
Apr 10, 2017 · By T.J. SOME 17m people in Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro speak variations of what used to be called Serbo-Croatian or Croato-Serbian. Officially though, the language that once...
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Official languages at a republican level. Serbo-Croatian – a pluricentric language and dialect continuum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia, split into four national standard varieties used in respective countries after the breakup of Yugoslavia: Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian.
^ There was no de jure official language at the federal level, but Serbo-Croatian functioned as the lingua franca of Yugoslavia, being the only language taught throughout the entire country. It was the official language of four federal republics out of six in total: Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Montenegro and Serbia .
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- None at the federal level
During the Yugoslav period the unity of Serbian and Croatian was largely affirmed in the 1954 ‘Novi Sad Agreement’ with the proviso that the language they termed “Serbo-Croatian” is one language with two pronunciations (Ekavian and Ijekavian).
Jan 27, 2017 · See Article 12 of the Constitution of the Yugoslav Republic of Croatia which asserted the official status of the Croatian language and the Latin script. According to Robert Hayden, the Serbs officially retained the term Serbo-Croatian until the founding of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1992.
Montenegro, in its 2007 constitution, proclaimed Montenegrin as the country’s official language, although Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian, and Croatian were also given official status.
