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In this editors opinion, the answer is '''yes''' -  they where very seriously influenced by the politics of the Pan-Slavic movement? The Pan slavic movement was heavily influenced by European Imperialism with an overriding attitude directed towards creating a unifying language for a empire that negated the history of the various souther slavic language bases that made up the Balkans and further areas bordering the Balkans. With this in mind the linguist of the day created a construct Serbo-Croatian language with a Shtokavian base.  

In this editors opinion, the answer is '''yes''' -  they where very seriously influenced by the politics of the Pan-Slavic movement? The Pan slavic movement was heavily influenced by European Imperialism with an overriding attitude directed towards creating a unifying language for a empire that negated the history of the various souther slavic language bases that made up the Balkans and further areas bordering the Balkans. With this in mind the linguist of the day created a construct Serbo-Croatian language with a Shtokavian base.  

In 1918 a construct Serbo-Croatian language was introduced by government policy as the main language to be used within the created state of Yugoslavia.  Before Yugoslavia was established the policy had already started to be implemented by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the west and it was also being implemented in the east in the Kingdom of Serbia.

In 1918 a construct Serbo-Croatian language was introduced by government policy as the main language to be used within the created state of Yugoslavia (a mini version Pan-Slavic state) .  Before Yugoslavia was established the policy had already started to be implemented by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the west and it was also being implemented in the east in the Kingdom of Serbia.

   

   

There appears to be a common misconception in the former Yugoslavian regions that if you are taught and you learn to speak the standardised Serbo-Croatian language that you have historical connections to a particular ethnic group. This is not necessarily factual as many other ethnic groups, with various ethnic backgrounds, were caught up in this system of standardisation. These people were being forced to speak a ''common  standardised language'' (Serbo-Croatian). This does not accurately reflect the actual ancestry and ethnic history of the speaker (i.e is a Welshman a Englishman now that he can speak English?).  

There appears to be a common misconception in the former Yugoslavian regions that if you are taught and you learn to speak the standardised Serbo-Croatian language that you have historical connections to a particular ethnic group. This is not necessarily factual as many other ethnic groups, with various ethnic backgrounds, were caught up in this system of standardisation. These people were being forced to speak a ''common  standardised language'' (Serbo-Croatian). This does not accurately reflect the actual ancestry and ethnic history of the speaker (i.e is a Welshman a Englishman now that he can speak English?).