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Milos Rancic wrote:
On 11/7/05, Wikipedia Romania (Ronline) rowikipedia@yahoo.com wrote:
As a bystander here I am really, really confused about Zlatiborian!
I can explain a little bit of situation here.
For example, relation Moldovan-Romanian is almost the same as relation Montenegrin-Serbian. Except Montenegrins don't have well described standard such Moldovans have. Political situation is almost the same: Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts says that it is the same language as Serbia, but parliament and alternative academy (Duklanian Academy) say that this is different language. Only 22% of Montenegrin inhabitants say that their native language is Montenegrin (around 60% say that their native language is Serbian; others are minorities). So, this is a political question and I am supporting now the article "Montenegrin language" on English Wikipedia (against one Serbian nationalist) as well as I would support existance of Montenegrin Wikipedia (if demand comes before we complete our software).
Linguistic area in Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia and Bosnia is divided into four dialects: Torlakian, Shtokavian, Chakavian and Kaykavian. ALL standard languages (including "Zlatiborian", too) are based on the part of Shtokavian dialect called Neo-Shtokavian.
The problem is that there is no Zlatiborian ethnicity/nation. All of that people feel as Serbs, not as anything else. Zlatiborian is only regional attribute.
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So "Zlatiborian" is equivalent to "Londoner", "New Yorker", or "Parisian"?
AND THEY WANT THEIR OWN WIKIPEDIA?????!?!!?
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