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      "Serbian, Bosnian and Montenegrin are the other standards of the same pluricentric language; Slovene is a separate language"
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        "note": ""
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      "Kajkavian dialects",
      "Croatian Glagolitic and Church Slavonic tradition",
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        "note": ""
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        "note": ""
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      "Institute of Croatian Language orthography",
      "Minority language protections in neighbouring countries"
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      "Conflating dialects with the standard",
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        "Relay official status and speaker numbers from sources with their date."
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        "Use ethnic or national labels for speakers in a derogatory way.",
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        "Language naming in the region is tied to identity and recent war; respect matters.",
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        "Speakers of neighbouring standards",
        "Learners and translators"
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      "master_systems": []
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                    "text": "Which references are standard?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits Croatian Glagolitic?",
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                    "text": "What status does Croatian hold in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the EU and minority communities?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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                  {
                    "text": "Which sources are cited?",
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                  }
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                    "text": "What positions have linguists, the Declaration on the Common Language and national institutions taken on Croatian and Serbo-Croatian, each attributed?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
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                    "text": "Is the presentation neutral and attributed?",
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                    "text": "How did Croatian develop from medieval Glagolitic texts through the Illyrian movement to the modern standard?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits the history of the Croatian language?",
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                    "text": "What are the major works of Croatian literature, from Marulic to modern writers?",
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                    "text": "Which entry fits Croatian literature?",
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    "Should Chakavian and Kajkavian be separate primary entries?",
    "How should linguistic references be linked?",
    "The registry entry has merged aliases naming dialects and a script; should they be split off?"
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