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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?
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