Published: 2024-12-18

Constitutional and legal status of the Montenegrin language as a minority language in the states of the former Yugoslavia

Robert Bońkowski
Zeszyty Łużyckie
Section: Articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.1255

Abstract

During the existence of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, there was a three-tier national division, of which initially five, and then six, nations had constitutional status. The remaining nations belonged to two categories of minority nations (narodnosti). After the collapse of the federation and the creation of independent nation-states, some of these nations automatically found themselves in another country and became a national minority and/or one of the constitutional nations (in the case of Bosnia and Herzegovina). The article deals with the differentiated constitutional approach to the Montenegrin language as a minority
language in the newly formed state entities, separated from the former Yugoslav republics (and in the case of the Republic of Kosovo – a district).

Keywords:

states of the former Yugoslavia, Montenegrin minority, Montenegrin language, legal guarantees, constitution

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Bońkowski, R. (2024). Constitutional and legal status of the Montenegrin language as a minority language in the states of the former Yugoslavia. Zeszyty Łużyckie, 60(1), 49–68. https://doi.org/10.32798/zl.1255

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