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''Did the 19th century scholars and linguists do their research scientifically or were they seriously influenced by the politics of the 19th Century Pan Slavic movement?''  

''Did the 19th century scholars and linguists do their research scientifically or were they seriously influenced by the politics of the 19th Century Pan Slavic movement?''  

(''plus'' - is it continuing today?)

 

(plus - is it continuing today?)

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 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 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.  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.  

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 no that he can speak English?).  

Another important question to ask is '''how far''' back does one go in proclaiming Croatian nationhood or any other nationhood? In the past the Yugoslav Communist party, Pan-Slavists and the Croatian Nationalistic movements have taken this to extremes. These Pan-Slavic, Nationalistic and Communist ideologies, regarding language, ethnicity and history that are  clinging to these false beliefs of a single nationhood have created a great deal of pain, destruction and falsehoods.  

Another important question to ask is '''how far''' back does one go in proclaiming Croatian nationhood or any other nationhood? In the past the Yugoslav Communist party, Pan-Slavists and the Croatian Nationalistic movements have taken this to extremes. These Pan-Slavic, Nationalistic and Communist ideologies, regarding language, ethnicity and history that are  clinging to these false beliefs of a single nationhood have created a great deal of pain, destruction and falsehoods.