Linguistic Map of the Balkans After the Collapse of the Sfry: Languages of the Shtokavian Diasystem

The article examines a complex and ambiguous set of problems related to the interpretation of the status of the languages of the Shtokavian diasystem after the collapse of the SFRY: Serbian, Croatian, Bosniak / Bosnian and Montenegrin. The author focuses on a review of the current configuration of the languages of the Shtokavian diasystem on the linguistic map of the Balkan Peninsula and the features of their status and functioning after the collapse of the federal Yugoslav State. The study analyses a number of consequences in various areas of language development that were directly influenced by the powerful geopolitical process of the collapse of the SFRY. A brief review of linguistic works by specialists from the countries of the former federal Yugoslavia, Ukrainian and foreign scholars is presented, they highlight the current state of functioning of the languages of the Shtokavian diasystem as polycentric languages, as well as issues related to the degree of kinship between the Serbian, Croatian and Ukrainian languages.