Interslavic is a composite language promoted as a means of understandable communication between speakers of all Slavic languages. While at first glance it may sound modernistic, Interslavic is actually a few centuries old, with prototypes dating back to the 17th century.
So, with that in mind, what if the late country of Yugoslavia, be it the interwar kingdom or the post-WW2 socialist federation, had adopted Interslavic as the official, ethnically neutral language of its government? Could we see art, culture, music and film representing the language?
How could Interslavic as a lingua franca have played into the troublesome ethnic relations of the federation? Would the non-Slavic Kosovar Albanians be angered at this?
 
The thing is that most of the population ( as far as I know ) of yugoslavia spoke a dialect of what is arguably single language,Serbo- Croatian. Sure now a days these dialects are considerd seperate languages. This is mostly becuse of ethic reasons (again as far as I am aware), which is about only reason I see to adopting interslavic. Even then there is no really use in my opinion when nearly everyone speaks the same language. ( Note that North Macadonia speaks a language separate from the rest of Yugoslavia which might be another reason to adopt interslavic).
 
Not only did most people in Yugoslavia speak Serbian or Croatian (whether you consider them one language or two very closely related ones) but Slovene is also pretty close to Serbian and Croatian. With the overwhelming majority of people in your country speaking closely related South Slavic languages, what is the point of adopting a common-Slavic constructed language that also includes West and East Slavic elements?
 
Not only did most people in Yugoslavia speak Serbian or Croatian (whether you consider them one language or two very closely related ones) but Slovene is also pretty close to Serbian and Croatian. With the overwhelming majority of people in your country speaking closely related South Slavic languages, what is the point of adopting a common-Slavic constructed language that also includes West and East Slavic elements?
Might this require a greater degree of interaction between Yugoslavia and other Eastern European states?
Perhaps if the proposed cession of what is IOTL Austrian Burgenland to Czechoslovakia that was brought up at Versailles had been approved, prospects of cultural exchange between Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia could increase the appeal of an all-Slavic language?
 
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