Tuesday, February 26, 2013

The Linguist’s Calendar: February 26

Republika Srpska seal
February 26 

1994: A new alphabet for the writing of Karakalpak is adopted.
 
1998: The Constitutional Court of the Republika Srpska in Bosnia-Herzegovina abolishes the 25 June, 1996, law prescribing the Ekavian variety of Serbo-Croatian (the one used in Serbia) in schools, administration, and the media. The Jekavian dialect used by most Bosnian Serbs may now again be used.

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