2008/9/10 Nikola Smolenski <smolensk(a)eunet.yu>yu>:
The point is, it is easier and cheaper to educate
people in their language
than to force a foreign language on them.
Except shifting language would be a one off cost where as you would
have to keep translating all the new scientific papers (and there are
a lot) if you wanted education in a non majpr language to keep up. Do
translations of Nature into Serbo-Croatian even exist?
[citation needed]
See the relevant wikipedia article for the mess. Serbo-Croatian is
convenient and people generally know what you are talking about.
Central South Slavic diasystem is rather less well known.
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geni