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| Document Name | Declaration on the Status and Name of the Croatian Literary Language |
| Image Width | 200px |
| Image Caption | The Declaration was published in the March 17, 1967 issue of Telegram. |
| Date Created | March 17, 1967 |
| Location Of Document | Zagreb, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia |
| Writer | elements of the Croatian intelligentsia |
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The Declaration on the Status and Name of the Croatian Literary Language ( ) was a document brought by Croat scholars. The declaration was published on March 13, 1967 in the Telegram, Yugoslav newspapers for social and cultural issues, nr. 359, 17 March 1967. It contributed significantly towards the conserving of the independence of the Croatian language inside the SFR Yugoslavia, because its demands were later granted by the Yugoslav authorities in 1974.
This document addressed the Sabor of SR Croatia and the Assembly of SFR Yugoslavia, stating:
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The signers demanded the equality of the four Yugoslav languages and the use of the Croatian literary language in schools and media. State authorities were accused of imposing of Serbian as official language. A unitarianist trend was strongest in the language area, but resistance to that policy was evident.
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The demands were rejected, and the Croatian Spring (MASPOK) movement was stopped. However, the Declaration were taken into consideration in the new Yugoslav constitution of 1974. Nearly all requests were granted in the formulation, and remained in effect until the breakup of Yugoslavia.
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