Ikavian dialect. On March 4, 2021, the municipal council in Subotica has voted in favor of amending the city statute, adding Bunjevac dialect to the list of official public administrative languages in the municipality, in addition to Serbian, Hungarian, and Croatian. This has created a special situation that contradicts the official position, of both the Government of Serbia and Matica srpska, that classified Bunjevac speech as a dialect. Popularly, the Bunjevac dialect is often referred to as "Bunjevac language" () or Bunjevac mother tongue (). At the political level, depending on goal and content of the political lobby, the general confusion concerning the definition of the terms language, dialect, speech, mother tongue, is cleverly exploited, resulting in an inconsistent use of the terms. The Institute of Croatian Language and Linguistics launched a proposal, in March 2021, to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia, to add Bunjevac dialect to the List of Protected Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Croatia and was approved on 8 October 2021. Organizations (Zavod za kulturu vojvođanskih Hrvata) Institute for Culture of Croats of Vojvodina Croatian Community in Belgrade “Tin Ujević” Notable people Josip Jelačić, Ban of Croatia Ilija Okrugić, poet and playwright Stjepan Horvat, geodesist and professor Marijan Beneš, former boxer born in Belgrade to a Croat father and a Serb mother Ratko Rudić, water polo coach and a former water polo player Stjepan Filipović, People's Hero of Yugoslavia Franjo Mihalić, long-distance runner and Olympic silver medalist Josip Leko, politician who served as the Speaker of the Croatian Parliament Jovan Mikić, athlete Davor Štefanek, wrestler and former world champion [27] Vanja Udovičić, politician and former professional water polo, Serb mother and Croat father Ivica Vrdoljak, footballer Ivan Sarić, sportsman Tomislav Žigmanov, Serbian Croat politician, author, publisher, and academic. Slavoljub Muslin, notable football player. Neda Arnerić, Serbian and Yugoslav actress, Serb mother and a Croatian father, she was considered a sex symbol of Yugoslav cinematography. Aljoša Vučković, Serbian actor. Tamara Boroš, table tennis player See also Croatia-Serbia relations Serbs of Croatia Bunjevac dialect Bunjevci Croat National Council Croats of Vojvodina Ethnic groups of Vojvodina Flag of Croats of Serbia Operation Storm Persecution of Croats in Serbia during the war in Croatia Šokci Notes References External links Bunjevac Croatian Cultural and Educational Society in Serbia, Matija Gubec Tavankut, matijagubec.rs Hrvatska riječ weekley Zajednica protjeranih Hrvata iz Srijema Bačke i Banata Hrvati Vojvodine: Josipoviću