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Croatian
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Community Profile: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin — linguistically close and grouped together as Serbo-Croatian during the time of the former Republic of Yugoslavia (though using different writing systems) — are spoken by a number of substantially separate communities of Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) across the five boroughs. Though earlier clusters existed, many arrived in the city in the mid-1990s fleeing war. Many of the city's ethnic Albanians have roots in Montenegro, Kosovo, and elsewhere in the former Yugoslavia and speak the closely realted south Slavic varieties Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, or Montenegrin as a result.
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roatians were historically concentrated on the far west side of Manhattan in Hell's Kitchen (near the Sts. Cyril & Methodius Croatian Roman Catholic Church) and later in Astoria, where there are numerous clubs, restaurants, and Croatian-language services at the Church of the Most Precious Blood. The Cardinal Stepinac Croatian Cultural Club is one gathering place for New Jersey Croatians. Many Croatians in the metropolitan area, especially those who arrived immediately after the Second World War, were Istrians who considered themselves Italian and spoke Croatian as a second or third language. One substantial group hailed from the unique Adriatic island of Sansego/Susak, speaking a distinctive dialect of Chakavian Croatian, sometimes known as Susački, said to show traces of Romance influence. In the 1950s and 60s, as much as 90% of the island's population moved to Hoboken and surrounding towns, founding a hometown association and soccer club and holding an annual festival.

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