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(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 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 southern 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 (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-end of the Balkans and it was also being implemented in the more further 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-end of the Balkans and it was also being implemented in the more further east in the Kingdom of Serbia.