The article presents the development of linguistic contacts between Serbian and Slovene in the period from the founding of the common state after the First World War to Slovenia's secession, and in the period from the 1990s to the present. The development of academic contact between Serbian and Slovene linguists has been under way since 1919, especially with the influence of the already established University of Belgrade on the founding of the University of Ljubljana, especially the Faculty of Arts. The teaching of the Serbian language at the University of Ljubljana has been present ever since its inception, and the cooperation of Serbian and Slovene linguists is emphasised in this context. The second part of the paper presents the status of Slovene at universities in Serbia, especially at the University of Belgrade, and the status of Slovene in Serbia in general. In the third part of the paper, the main features of Slovene-Serbian comparative academic debate are outlined, which in principle have increased since the breakdown of the common state compared to the seven decades of coexistence of Serbian and Slovene in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Yugoslavia.
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