(prodolzuva od del 1) "The Macedonian language is accepted by linguists everywhere in the world except in Serbia, Bulgaria and Greece. It is recognized as a distinct language by various international authorities such as the Encyclopedia Britannica and The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. It is one of the recognized 88 world languages, spoken by close to 1.5 million people in the Republic of Macedonia, 250,000 people in Aegean Macedonia, 250,000 people in Pirin Macedonia, and around 500,000 people in other parts of the world, particularly North America and Australia." (3) "Modern Greece has often recognized its Slav minority and its language as Macedonian Slav, Bulgarian, or just Slav: in the official map circulated in the post -World War I negotiations (Soteriadis, 1918); in at least one official Greek Foreign Ministry document of 1924 (the language was mentioned as Macedonian, Divani, 1995:228); in interwar newspapers (Margaritis, 1993:27) or official notary documents (GHM and MRG-Greece have copies of them); in its publication of the 1920, 1928, 1940 and 1951 census results (Lithoxoou, 1995). For the 1920 census, the language is mentioned simply as Macedonian and is distinguished from Bulgarian." (4) "Krste Misirkov, considered 'the founder of the modern Macedonian literary language (Nurigiani 1972:160-161) was an outspoken and unambiguous advocate of Macedonian linguistic and national separatism. In his book On Macedonian Matters, published in 1903 in Sofia and immediately suppressed by the Bulgarians, Misirkov wrote, 'I am a Macedonian. I write in the central Macedonian dialect, which from now on I shall always consider the Macedonian literary language.' He not only advocated 'completely separating our (Macedonian) interests from those of other Balkan states and independently continuing our own cultural and national development,' but he also called for the 'recogntion of the Slavs in Macedonia as a separate nationality - Macedonians.' He stated plainly and simply that the Macedonians are 'a separate and independent Slav people.'" (5) References: 3. Macedonia and Greece - The Struggle to Define a New Balkan Nation, John Shea, McFarland and Company Inc., North Carolina, 1997; p.193 4. Greek Monitor of Human and Minority Rights, Volume 1, No.3, Greek Helsinki Monitor and Minority Rights Group-Greece, 1995; p.49-50 5. Danforth, Loring M., The Macedonian Conflict, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1996: p.50