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 | | morphology and syntax The Serbo-Croatian language was "created" in the mid 19th century, and all subsequent attempts to dissolve its basic unity have not (yet) succeeded The affirmation of distinct Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian languages is purely politically motivated Linguistically, these languages are essentially one language, ie. |
 | | As far as structural similarity or even identity of basic grammar is concerned, one might add that, apart from the aforementioned Urdu and Hindi cases, the Malay and Indonesian are the same with regard to basic grammar, yet they are dutifully listed as different languages in languages classification manuals. |
 | | The radical break with the past, so characteristic for modern Serbian language (whose medieval texts were church documents written in a dead Church Slavonic and whose vernacular was likely not as similar to Croatian as it is today), is a trait completely at variance with Croatian language history. |
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