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Ekavian or ijekavian? The one vowel that splits Serbian down the middle

"Milk" is млеко in Belgrade and млијеко two hundred kilometres west, and both are correct Serbian. The split comes from a single vowel that disappeared from the alphabet over a century ago but never left the language - and unlike the country-by-country naming split, this one runs straight through Serbian itself.

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