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Bosnian ( / ˈ b ɒ z n i ə n / ; bosanski / босански ; [bɔ̌sanskiː] ), sometimes referred to as Bosniak language , is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian pluricentric language mainly used by ethnic Bosniaks . Bosnian is one of three such varieties considered official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina , along with Croatian and Serbian . It is also an officially recognized minority language in Croatia , Serbia , Montenegro , North Macedonia and Kosovo .

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30-489: Koševo Stadium ( Bosnian :" Stadion Koševo ), also Koševo Olympic Stadium or Stadium Asim Ferhatović - Hase ( Stadion Asim Ferhatović Hase ) is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Koševo neighborhood of Sarajevo , Bosnia and Herzegovina . Its official name is Olimpijski stadion Koševo – Asim Ferhatović-Hase. The stadium was opened by the city, and leased on longterm basis by football club FK Sarajevo . The club proposed

60-487: A regular choice in the national team. After his playing days were over, Smajlović dedicated himself to a managerial career. In 1988, he was invited to Canada and soon after was named manager of Toronto Croatia in the National Soccer League . Smajlović was the manager of his former club Željezničar on several occasions. He also worked as a sporting director in the club. It is important to say that he

90-592: A result had constitutional amendments imposed by High Representative Wolfgang Petritsch . However, the constitution of Republika Srpska refers to it as the Language spoken by Bosniaks , because the Serbs were required to recognise the language officially, but wished to avoid recognition of its name. Serbia includes the Bosnian language as an elective subject in primary schools. Montenegro officially recognizes

120-570: Is a Bosnian retired professional football manager and former player . Smajlović began his career in Sloga, a small amateur club from Sarajevo . In 1955 he moved to the youth team of Željezničar . Two years later, Smajlović signed a professional contract with Željezničar for whom he played more than 400 games and scored 241 goals. He was handed his debut by Miroslav Brozović . If considering only official matches, he played 190 games and scored 97 goals (with 88 goals in 166 league matches). Smajlović

150-596: Is also the basis of standard Croatian, Serbian and Montenegrin varieties. Therefore, the Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins was issued in 2017 in Sarajevo. Although the common name for the common language remains 'Serbo-Croatian', newer alternatives such as 'Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian' and 'Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian' have been increasingly utilised since

180-540: The Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (PCGN) recognize the Bosnian language. Furthermore, the status of the Bosnian language is also recognized by bodies such as the United Nations , UNESCO and translation and interpreting accreditation agencies, including internet translation services. Most English-speaking language encyclopedias ( Routledge , Glottolog , Ethnologue , etc.) register

210-444: The "B team", before making his debut for the senior Yugoslavia national team in 1963. He collected four caps for Yugoslavia, scoring one goal. His final international was an April 1964 friendly match against Bulgaria . Smajlović is remembered as a great sportsman. Journalists often called him a gentleman in the football shoes . The fact that Smajlović did not play for one of the bigger Yugoslav clubs limited his chances of being

240-410: The 1960s, Asim Ferhatović - Hase . Today, the total capacity of Koševo is 34,500 seats, and up to 70,000 for musical and various public events, such as U2's concert as part of their PopMart Tour in 1997 and Dino Merlin 's Burek tour in 2004 and Hotel Nacional in 2015, or hosting of papal pastoral visitations by Pope John Paul II between 12–13 April 1997 and Pope Francis on 6 June 2015. It

270-470: The 1990s and 2000s. Lexically, Islamic-Oriental loanwords are more frequent; phonetically: the phoneme /x/ (letter h ) is reinstated in many words as a distinct feature of vernacular Bosniak speech and language tradition; also, there are some changes in grammar, morphology and orthography that reflect the Bosniak pre- World War I literary tradition, mainly that of the Bosniak renaissance at the beginning of

300-525: The 1990s, especially within diplomatic circles. Table of the modern Bosnian alphabet in both Latin and Cyrillic, as well as with the IPA value, sorted according to Cyrilic: Although Bosnians are, at the level of vernacular idiom , linguistically more homogeneous than either Serbians or Croatians, unlike those nations they failed to codify a standard language in the 19th century, with at least two factors being decisive: The modern Bosnian standard took shape in

330-423: The 20th century. The name "Bosnian language" is a controversial issue for some Croats and Serbs , who also refer to it as the "Bosniak" language ( Serbo-Croatian : bošnjački / бошњачки , [bǒʃɲaːtʃkiː] ). Bosniak linguists however insist that the only legitimate name is "Bosnian" language ( bosanski ) and that that is the name that both Croats and Serbs should use. The controversy arises because

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360-518: The Balkans. It was renovated for that occasion. A new administration building was built, so were the new locker rooms and a restaurant. A modern scoreboard and new lighting were also provided. The stadium was renovated for the third time after the Bosnian War , in 1998. By adding the chairs on every stand the seating capacity of the stadium was reduced to 34,500. Throughout its football history,

390-416: The Bosnian language: its 2007 Constitution specifically states that although Montenegrin is the official language, Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian and Croatian are also in official use. The differences between the Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian literary standards are minimal. Although Bosnian employs more Turkish, Persian, and Arabic loanwords —commonly called orientalisms—mainly in its spoken variety due to

420-720: The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina called the language "Bosniac language", until 2002 when it was changed in Amendment XXIX of the Constitution of the Federation by Wolfgang Petritsch . The original text of the Constitution of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was agreed in Vienna and was signed by Krešimir Zubak and Haris Silajdžić on March 18, 1994. The constitution of Republika Srpska ,

450-526: The Serb-dominated entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina, did not recognize any language or ethnic group other than Serbian. Bosniaks were mostly expelled from the territory controlled by the Serbs from 1992, but immediately after the war they demanded the restoration of their civil rights in those territories. The Bosnian Serbs refused to make reference to the Bosnian language in their constitution and as

480-597: The ceremonies. The west stand held 18,500 seating places at that time. — Sarajevo: Muftić ( Sirćo ), Fazlagić , Vujović , Prljača ( Šehović ), Biogradlić , Ristić , Čerkić , Smajlović , Ferhatović ( Blažević ), Osim , and Mušović ( Šiljkut ) — USSR: Yashin , Chertkov , Shesternyov , Ponomaryov , Voronin , Shustikov , Chislenko , Kazakov , Metreveli , Logofet , and Meskhi — scorers: 0:1 Metreveli (15th min) , 0:2 Kazakov (51st min) , 1:2 Šehović (67th min) — attendance: ~40,000 — FK Željezničar players Ivica Osim and Mišo Smajlović played

510-770: The ethnic variants of the standard language makes translation and second language teaching impossible." The Bosnian language, as a new normative register of the Shtokavian dialect, was officially introduced in 1996 with the publication of Pravopis bosanskog jezika in Sarajevo. According to that work, Bosnian differed from Serbian and Croatian on some main linguistic characteristics, such as: sound formats in some words, especially "h" ( kahva versus Serbian kafa ); substantial and deliberate usage of Oriental ("Turkish") words; spelling of future tense ( kupit ću ) as in Croatian but not Serbian ( kupiću ) (both forms have

540-444: The fact that most Bosnian speakers are Muslims, it is still very similar to both Serbian and Croatian in its written and spoken form. "Lexical differences between the ethnic variants are extremely limited, even when compared with those between closely related Slavic languages (such as standard Czech and Slovak, Bulgarian and Macedonian), and grammatical differences are even less pronounced. More importantly, complete understanding between

570-488: The game, though the exact number was never officially published. In April 2021, the stadium was leased to FK Sarajevo for operating the stadium for the next 30 to 45 years, making the stadium FK Sarajevo's de facto property. On 7 February 1984, the Asim Ferhatović Hase stadium hosted the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Winter Olympics for which it was thoroughly renovated and expanded. About 50,000 people attended

600-404: The language is taught under the name Bosnisch , not Bosniakisch (e.g. Vienna, Graz, Trier) with very few exceptions. Some Croatian linguists ( Zvonko Kovač , Ivo Pranjković , Josip Silić ) support the name "Bosnian" language, whereas others ( Radoslav Katičić , Dalibor Brozović , Tomislav Ladan ) hold that the term Bosnian language is the only one appropriate and that accordingly

630-535: The language solely as "Bosnian" language. The Library of Congress registered the language as "Bosnian" and gave it an ISO-number. The Slavic language institutes in English-speaking countries offer courses in "Bosnian" or "Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian" language, not in "Bosniak" language (e.g. Columbia, Cornell, Chicago, Washington, Kansas). The same is the case in German-speaking countries, where

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660-537: The match for Sarajevo Bosnian language Bosnian uses both the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets , with Latin in everyday use. It is notable among the varieties of Serbo-Croatian for a number of Arabic , Persian and Ottoman Turkish loanwords, largely due to the language's interaction with those cultures through Islamic ties. Bosnian is based on the most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, Shtokavian , more specifically on Eastern Herzegovinian , which

690-445: The name "Bosnian" may seem to imply that it is the language of all Bosnians, while Bosnian Croats and Serbs reject that designation for their idioms. The language is called Bosnian language in the 1995 Dayton Accords and is concluded by observers to have received legitimacy and international recognition at the time. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) and

720-475: The new name for its sporting and football events, in honor to its former footballer and club's legend, Asim Ferhatović . It hosted the opening ceremony of the 1984 Winter Olympics . The stadium was opened in the year 1947. In 1984, it was reconstructed for the 1984 Winter Olympics , and is therefore often called Olympic Stadium . In July 2004, FK Sarajevo proposed the new name for sporting and football events, in honor to its former player and club's legend from

750-898: The same pronunciation). 2018, in the new issue of Pravopis bosanskog jezika , words without "h" are accepted due to their prevalence in language practice. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Bosnian, written in the Cyrillic script : Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Bosnian, written in the Latin alphabet : Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in English: Mi%C5%A1o Smajlovi%C4%87 Drago " Mišo " Smajlović ( Bosnian pronunciation: [drǎːɡo mǐːʃo smǎjloʋitɕ] ; born 28 October 1938)

780-468: The stadium was usually a home ground for FK Sarajevo 's and FK Željezničar 's international matches. The Sarajevo audience witnessed many great matches against Europe's finest clubs such as Manchester United , Dynamo Kyiv , Derby County , Basel , Hamburger SV , Newcastle United , Celtic etc. The stadium's largest attendance was recorded in a 1981–82 Yugoslav First League match between Sarajevo and Željezničar. Allegedly, up to 60,000 people attended

810-527: The terms Bosnian language and Bosniak language refer to two different things. The Croatian state institutions, such as the Central Bureau of Statistics, use both terms: "Bosniak" language was used in the 2001 census, while the census in 2011 used the term "Bosnian" language. The majority of Serbian linguists hold that the term Bosniak language is the only one appropriate, which was agreed as early as 1990. The original form of The Constitution of

840-473: Was also the home stadium of the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team . Construction works started in 1947. The stadium was literally buried into a local hill thus merging with its natural surroundings. In 1950, a pitch and a tartan track were also added. The first international football match, between Yugoslavia and Turkey , was played in 1954. In 1966, the stadium hosted an athletic championship for

870-456: Was among the responsible ones for saving Željezničar going bankrupt during the Bosnian War . In 1997, he was elected to be a head coach of the Bosnia and Herzegovina U21 national team . After Faruk Hadžibegić stepped down as senior Bosnia and Herzegovina national team head coach in October 1999, Smajlović was first appointed as a caretaker head coach and several months later, in 2000, he

900-561: Was the top goalscorer of the 1962–63 Yugoslav First League season with 18 goals. In 1967, he went abroad to Belgium to play at Standard Liège . After a season and a half in Belgium, Smajlović returned to Yugoslavia and continued playing for Olimpija Ljubljana and Čelik Zenica after which he ended his professional playing career. Smajlović was one of the best strikers in Yugoslavia at the time. He played for youth national teams and

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