Are Serbian and Croatian languages essentially the same?
“The standard Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian languages differ in various aspects as outlined below. The various nuances do not present major obstacles in the communication. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, languages of Croats and Serbs went their own way, after being politically forcefully kept “together” since 1918 according to Croatian sources and views. In socialist Yugoslavia, the official policy was oriented toward “equalizing” and “merging” the Croat and Serb language, which caused discontent among Croat common people, writers and poets. In other words, however, the language was regarded as one common language with different variants and dialects. The unity of the language was emphasized, making the differences not an indicator of linguistic divisions, but rather factors enriching the common language. In addition, Yugoslavia had two other official languages on federal level, Slovenian and Macedonian – reflecting Yugoslavia’s acceptance of diversity language wise. No attempts
