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Yes, modern Serbian orthography only did so in the end because Vuk Karadžić was intentionally following the example of Russian.
by Mediterraneo10 9y ago
Yes, modern Serbian orthography only did so in the end because Vuk Karadžić was intentionally following the example of Russian.
- int_19h 9y agoAh, but it's not really an example of Russian in that sense, since he made them separate distinct letters rather than reusing Ь as a modifier, as Russian did. So semantically a rather different approach that just looks similar because it appropriated the shape.