site.btaBulgarian Scholars Debunk Serbian Claims on Alleged Existence of Shopi Nation

At the moment, the Shopi language is defined as neither Bulgarian nor Serbian by Serbian scholars, a hermaphrodite in a way, said Prof. Ana Kocheva from the Bulgarian Language Institute at a press conference in the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA). Scholars from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS) presented facts refuting the frequent speculations in Serbian media that challenge the national identity of Bulgarians in the Western Outlands (Bosilegrad and Tsaribrod regions).