Język macedoński po rozpadzie Jugosławii

Abstract

This paper describes the linguistic situation in Macedonia since 1991, after the collapse of Yugoslavia. The situation changed after World War II, when Macedonia became a part of Yugoslavia. According to the cultural autonomy principles, on the 2nd of August 1944, Macedonian language acquired the status of literary language and official language of the Republic of Macedonia. At the time when Macedonia was a part of Yugoslavia, the implementation of various changes, mainly lexical ones, started in Macedonian language. Serbisms were eliminated and replaced with native words in various areas of life. Elements of Serbian language were being removed, while, on the other, due to the technological advances, more and more Anglicisms began to appear in the language. Globalization, technology development and growing importance of media – all these factors caused substantial growth of internationalisms usage in Macedonian language. Macedonian Language Council (Совет за македонски јазик) in the “Strategy for the Development of Culture in Macedonia in 2012–2017”, presented an action plan, which, under its leadership, it is to be carried out within a specified period. One of its main tasks is to update the spelling – mainly due to appearance of new terminology in computer science, medicine and technology. Observing the trends of the Macedonian language for the last 20 years, it has been noticed that it is a subject of more general processes similar to those visible in other Slavic languages, however, it also reveals some characteristic phenomena associated with Macedonian language.