Discussions on orthography and graphology in austro-hungarian period

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At the time when Austro – Hungarian authority proclaimed the term Bosnian language official, numerous newspapers and periodicals, published during the period of its rule, insisted on phonetically orthographic principle emphasizing its advantage over etymologically orthographic solutions. In orthographic discussions certain resistance to introducing Cyrillic into schools and official use was put up. The fact that this writing system was old-fashioned and that it should be replaced by a modern Latin script served as an apology for this resistance. At that period another graphological selection emerged. Namely Bosnians were deprived of arebica, the writing system they used for years. For many Bosnians that was the only graphological expression. Even though the debates on graphological and orthographic solutions that were opened in this period were directed towards the language functioning in an unorganized and unobligatory manner, during the time and in many segments they achieved a pronounced stability, almost a consistent norm. Consequently they exist even today as a settled heritage.

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