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The following links may assist contributors. -- Huttite 18:55, 7 Jan 2006 (EST)

• another webside
• Croatia Vacation Rentals
• Apartments Telenta-Korcula island
• Jobst house/apartments http://www.jobst.com.hr/ on Vela Luka and others in the edit history under external links.
• Some information on Croatia and the region and sailing vacation stuff

is it, or not, the common language today? serbo-croatian i mean? cause in one place, the author said it is not the same, in the next paragraph he\she said "common language of serbs and croats" i am confused.

Hello, Im a Croat - Serbian language is similar to Croatian but not identical. They were closely related though distinct languages anyways, and they got even more similar cuz through the XX. century we lived in a common state, and there is some history of pan-southern-slavenian ideas in these areas, as well, many would say, centralist opression of individual national identities... So, the language that was a mix of serbian and croatian elements, that existed by decree, was called 'serbo-croatian or croato-serbian'. Usually it was called serbo-croatian in serbia, and croato-serbian in croatia, but the combined phrase was used too. After the disintegration of yugoslavia and the war, nobody declares the language to be serbo-croatian. The language did change, at least officially, but mostly only slightly. Frankly, here linguists have many ideas and linguistic it totaly politicised, but ppl mostly ignore all that anyways...

Using the term serbo-croatian for the language of croatia however would offend many, most Croats, though its a fact that we can understand Serbs allmost perfectly, and for instance, dont need translations for watching Serbian movies..

Btw, train reliability varies significantly from region to region, but, the trains are quite old, often pretty slow and often late. Think they are relatively good in the northen parts though, but pretty bad on the south..

aryah 83.131.132.218 14:03, 22 March 2006 (EST)

That is not true. Serbo-Croatian language is one language linguistically. For political reasons, Croatians have declared it their distinct language, so have Bosnians, Montenegrins etc. However, linguistically, there are dialects in Croatia much more distinct than language spoken in Belgrade/Zagreb. The difference is like that between American and British English, if not smaller.

No, it is not true that croatian and serbian is the same language. They are pretty similar and based on similar linguistic rules, but had different ways of developing. They are also based on two different culturological worlds: Serbia belongs to eastern rite, orthodox church, and everything else, and Croatia belongs to the West, western rite and so on. The tradition and the culture are different. Therefore, naming serbo-croatian same language is false, because one observes only "technical" linguistic similarities. This unique linguistic similarity can be compared to the similarity American E.- British E., but the situation here is quite different. Differences between serbian and croatian are from middle ages, which is not the same for english. Also, the similarity of languages was politically forced in 19th and 20th century because of political reasons. (pavor)