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== Contents of the Declaration ==

The ''Declaration'' states that [[Croats]], [[Bosniaks]], [[Serbs]] and [[Montenegrins]] have a common [[standard language]] of the [[Polycentric language|polycentric]] type.<ref>{{cite web|title=Predstavljena Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku|trans-title=Declaration on the Common Language Presented|language=sh|work=TV news Vesti|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKsSwZXw0pE|publisher=[[B92]]|date=30 March 2017|access-date=18 June 2019}} min 0.13</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Jean-Arnault|last1=Dérens|first2=Simon|last2=Rico|date=1 July 2017|page=18|title=La langue sans nom des Balkans|trans-title=Unnamed Language of the Balkans|language=fr|url=http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2017/07/DERENS/57651|work=[[Le Monde diplomatique]]|archive-date=5 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170705081357/http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/2017/07/DERENS/57651|url-status=live|___location=Paris|issn=0026-9395|access-date=18 March 2017}}</ref> It refers to the fact that the four peoples communicate effectively without an interpreter, i.e. to their [[mutual comprehensibility]], which is a key notion when talking about language.<ref>{{cite web|last=Slavenka|first=Drakulić|author-link=Slavenka Drakulić|title=U tranziciji pisci su gubitnici (intervju vodio Vladimir Matković)|trans-title=In Transition, Writers Are Losers (interview conducted by Vladimir Matković)|language=sh|url=https://www.danas.rs/kultura/u-tranziciji-pisci-su-gubitnici/|work=[[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]]|archive-date=19 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419153606/https://www.danas.rs/kultura/u-tranziciji-pisci-su-gubitnici/|url-status=live|___location=Belgrade|issn=1450-538X|date=30 March 2018|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bahrer|first=Manuel|date=1 October 2018|title=Zajednički jezik nema veze s Jugoslavijom|trans-title=The Common Language Has Nothing to Do With Yugoslavia|language=sh|url=http://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/965944.Intervju-Kosmo-2018.png|publisher=[[:de:Kosmo (Magazin)|Kosmo]]|___location=Wienna|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> Furthermore, it points out that the current [[language policy]] of emphasizing differences has led to a number of negative phenomena,<ref name="Economist">{{cite news|last=J.|first=T.|date=10 April 2017|title=Is Serbo-Croatian a Language?|url=http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/04/economist-explains-4|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|archive-date=10 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410083158/http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2017/04/economist-explains-4|url-status=live|___location=London|issn=0013-0613|access-date=18 June 2019}} [http://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2017&mm=04&dd=10&nav_category=12&nav_id=1248942 Alt URL]</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kordić|first=Snježana|author-link=Snježana Kordić|date=26 February 2018|title=Dan materinskog jezika (intervju vodila Ines Baždalić)|trans-title=Mother Tongue Day (interview conducted by Ines Baždalić)|language=sh|url=http://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/935897.Intervju_SK_BH_radio_26-2-2018-Ines_Badali-Epicentar.WAV|work=Radio show Epicentar|publisher=[[BH Radio 1]]|___location=Sarajevo|access-date=18 June 2019|id={{CROSBI|935897}}}}, min 26:12</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Nikola|last=Vučić|title=Bosanski, srpski, hrvatski i "logika sirovog nacionalizma"|trans-title=Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian and "the Logic of Crude Nationalism"|language=sh|work=TV news Dnevnik u 19|url=http://ba.n1info.com/a297253/Vijesti/Vijesti/Izjasnjavanje-roditelja-o-jeziku-u-sarajevskim-skolama.html|publisher=[[N1 (TV channel)|N1]]|date=14 December 2018|access-date=18 June 2019|archive-date=20 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120031155/http://ba.n1info.com/a297253/Vijesti/Vijesti/Izjasnjavanje-roditelja-o-jeziku-u-sarajevskim-skolama.html|url-status=dead}} 2:13 min</ref> and linguistic expression is imposed as a criterion of [[Ethnonationalism|ethnonational]] affiliation and a means of affirming political [[loyalty]].<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dan|last=Nosovitz|date=11 February 2019|title=What Language Do People Speak in the Balkans, Anyway?|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-language-is-spoken-in-the-balkans|magazine=[[Atlas Obscura]]|archive-date=11 February 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190211191959/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-language-is-spoken-in-the-balkans|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Paula|last=Bobanović|date=14 April 2018|title=Chomsky: Hrvati, Srbi i Bošnjaci govore isti jezik|trans-title=Chomsky: Croats, Serbs and Bosniaks Speak the Same Language|language=sh|url=https://www.express.hr/kultura/chomsky-hrvati-srbi-i-bosnjaci-govore-isti-jezik-14973|publisher=Express.hr|___location=Zagreb|archive-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155526/https://www.express.hr/kultura/chomsky-hrvati-srbi-i-bosnjaci-govore-isti-jezik-14973|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> The ''Declaration'' states that language and people do not have to coincide, and that each [[State (polity)|state]] or nation may independently [[Codification (linguistics)|codify]] its own variant of the common language, and that the four standard variants enjoy equal status.<ref>{{cite web|title=Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku predstavljena u Sarajevu|trans-title=The Declaration on the Common Language Presented in Sarajevo|language=sh|work=TV news Vijesti|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAjm5pbRwaQ|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=30 March 2017|access-date=18 June 2019}} min 1.07</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Jakov|last=Avram|title=Jezik, Deklaracija i politika|trans-title=Language, Declaration and Politics|language=sh|work=TV show Kontekst|url=http://balkans.aljazeera.net/video/kontekst-jezik-deklaracija-i-politika|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=30 March 2017|archive-date=1 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401174913/http://balkans.aljazeera.net/video/kontekst-jezik-deklaracija-i-politika|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOR5VWn5EMs Alt URL] min 21.42</ref> The ''Declaration'' calls for abolishing all forms of linguistic segregation and [[Linguistic discrimination|discrimination]] in educational and public institutions.<ref name="MiaDuhacek">{{cite web|first1=Goran|last1=Duhaček|first2=Mija|last2=Pavliša|date=28 March 2017|title=Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku uzbunit će duhove; evo što kažu njeni potpisnici|trans-title=The Declaration on the Common Language Will Alert the Spirits; Here's What Its Signatories Say|language=sh|url=https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/deklaracija-o-zajednickom-jeziku-uzbunit-ce-duhove-evo-sto-kazu-njeni-potpisnici-20170328|publisher=T-portal|___location=Zagreb|issn=1334-3130|archive-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403041015/https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/deklaracija-o-zajednickom-jeziku-uzbunit-ce-duhove-evo-sto-kazu-njeni-potpisnici-20170328|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Zanelli|first=Aldo|year=2018|title=Eine Analyse der Metaphern in der kroatischen Linguistikfachzeitschrift Jezik von 1991 bis 1997|trans-title=Analysis of Metaphors in Croatian Linguistic Journal ''Language'' from 1991 to 1997|language=de|series=Studien zur Slavistik; 41|___location=Hamburg|publisher=[[:de:Dr. Kovač|Dr. Kovač]]|pages=83|isbn=978-3-8300-9773-0|oclc=1023608613}} [http://katalog.nsk.hr/F/?func=direct&doc_number=001013945 (NSK)]. [https://koha.ffzg.hr/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=385977 (FFZG)]</ref> It also advocates for the freedom of individual choice and respect for [[linguistic diversity]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Amir|last=Zukić|author-link=Amir Zukić (TV host)|title=Gošća Pressinga Snježana Kordić|trans-title=Snježana Kordić – Guest of Pressing|language=sh|work=TV show Pressing|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwvedwnv24U|publisher=[[N1 (TV channel)|N1]]|date=29 March 2017|access-date=18 June 2019|id={{CROSBI|935979}}}} 53:15 min</ref>

== International project “Languages and nationalisms” ==

The ''Declaration'' followed the international project Languages and Nationalisms,<ref>{{cite web|first=Goran|last=Duhaček|date=14 April 2017|title=Izložba 'Izbor političkih performansa u Hrvatskoj od 2000. do danas'|trans-title=Exhibition 'Selection of Political Performances in Croatia From 2000 to Present'|language=sh|url=https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/izlozba-izbor-politickih-performansa-u-hrvatskoj-od-2000-do-danas-20170414|publisher=T-portal|___location=Zagreb|issn=1334-3130|archive-date=20 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420020751/https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/izlozba-izbor-politickih-performansa-u-hrvatskoj-od-2000-do-danas-20170414|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Tina|last=Barbarić|date=24 October 2017|title=Ovi politički performansi obilježili su noviju hrvatsku povijest|trans-title=These Political Performances Have Marked the Recent Croatian History|language=sh|url=https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/evo-koji-su-politicki-perfrormansi-obiljezili-modernu-hrvatsku-povijest-foto-20171023|publisher=T-portal|___location=Zagreb|issn=1334-3130|archive-date=25 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025182952/https://www.tportal.hr/kultura/clanak/evo-koji-su-politicki-perfrormansi-obiljezili-modernu-hrvatsku-povijest-foto-20171023|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref name="Bodrozic">{{cite web|first=Ivana|last=Bodrožić|author-link=Ivana Bodrožić|date=30 March 2017|title=Govor na predstavljanju Deklaracije u Sarajevu|trans-title=Speech on the Presentation of the Declaration in Sarajevo|language=sh|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/bodrozic-ne-stvaramo-jugoslavenski-jezik-1159780|newspaper=[[Večernji list]]|___location=Zagreb|issn=0350-5006|archive-date=1 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401225127/http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/bodrozic-ne-stvaramo-jugoslavenski-jezik-1159780|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}} [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FQe5p3NFIo Alt URL]</ref> (founded by two German [[Foundation (nonprofit)|foundations]]: [[:de:Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst|Forum Ziviler Friedensdienst]] and [[:de:Allianz Kulturstiftung|Allianz Kulturstiftung]]), within which [[Professional conference|conferences]] were held in the four countries during 2016, thus providing an insight into the current situation and problems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Konferencija ''Jezici i nacionalizmi''|trans-title=Conference ''Languages and Nationalisms''|language=sh|work=TV show Novi dan|url=http://ba.n1info.com/a123799/Video/Info/Konferencija-Jezici-i-nacionalizmi.html|publisher=[[N1 (TV channel)|N1]]|date=22 November 2016|access-date=18 June 2019|archive-date=28 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228221004/http://ba.n1info.com/a123799/Video/Info/Konferencija-Jezici-i-nacionalizmi.html|url-status=dead}} 15. min</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=28 March 2017|title=Serbokroatisch/Kroatoserbisch: neue Deklaration über gemeinsame Sprache|trans-title=Serbo-Croatian: New Declaration on the Common Language|language=de|url=http://www.kosmo.at/serbo-kroatisch-neue-deklaration-ueber-gemeinsame-sprache/|publisher=Kosmo|archive-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807155905/https://www.kosmo.at/serbo-kroatisch-neue-deklaration-ueber-gemeinsame-sprache/|url-status=live|___location=Vienna|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> The project was inspired by the book ''[[:sh:Jezik i nacionalizam|Language and Nationalism]]'',<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bugarski |first=Ranko|authorlink=Ranko Bugarski|title="The Declaration on the Common Language": A View from the Inside |journal= Aegean Working Papers in Ethnographic Linguistics |volume=2 |issue=2 |page=23 |year=2019 |doi=10.12681/awpel.22595 |id={{S2CID|216297674}} |url=https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/awpel/article/view/22595/19212 |url-status=live |format=PDF |accessdate=2022-07-17 |quote=The Declaration came into being as a result of a year-long regional project called "Jezici i nacionalizmi" [Languages and nationalisms], originally inspired by an influential book by the well-known Croatian linguist Snježana Kordić (2010). }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Srbi, Hrvati, Bošnjaci i Crnogorci govore istim jezikom|trans-title=Serbs, Croats, Bosniaks and Montenegrins Speak the Same Language|language=sh|work=TV show N1 na jedan|url=http://ba.n1info.com/a123713/Vijesti/Vijesti/Snjezana-Kordic-u-vezi-jezika.html|publisher=[[N1 (TV channel)|N1]]|date=21 November 2016|access-date=18 June 2019|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043043/http://ba.n1info.com/a123713/Vijesti/Vijesti/Snjezana-Kordic-u-vezi-jezika.html|url-status=dead}} 25 min</ref><ref>{{YouTube|cAek_v71bLE|Panel "Whose is Our Language?", min 25}} {{in lang|sh}}</ref> and was organized by four non-governmental organizations from each of the countries included: [[P.E.N.]] Center Bosnia-Herzegovina from [[Sarajevo]], the Association Kurs from [[Split, Croatia|Split]], [[Krokodil Literary Festival|Krokodil]] from [[Belgrade]] and the Civic Education Center from [[Podgorica]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Regionalne ekspertske konferencije: Jezici i nacionalizmi|trans-title=International Expert Conferences: Languages and Nationalisms|language=sh|url=http://www.vijesti.me/caffe/regionalne-ekspertske-konferencije-jezici-i-nacionalizmi-881803|newspaper=[[Vijesti]]|___location=Podgorica|issn=1450-6181|date=1 April 2016|access-date=18 June 2019|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040852/http://www.vijesti.me/caffe/regionalne-ekspertske-konferencije-jezici-i-nacionalizmi-881803|url-status=dead}}</ref> An interdisciplinary series of [[Professional conference|expert conferences]] in Podgorica, Split, Belgrade and Sarajevo took place under participation of [[linguist]]s, journalists, [[anthropologist]]s and others.<ref>{{cite web|title=Uzdizanje čistog govora vodi u lingvicizam|trans-title=Praising pure speech leads to linguicism|language=sh|url=http://www.danas.rs/drustvo.55.html?news_id=329337&title=Uzdizanje+%C4%8Distog+govora+vodi+u+lingvicizam|work=[[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]]|archive-date=18 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318081848/http://www.danas.rs/drustvo.55.html?news_id=329337&title=Uzdizanje+čistog+govora+vodi+u+lingvicizam|url-status=live|___location=Belgrade|issn=1450-538X|date=7 October 2016|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dragan|last=Banjac|title=Kradu li nacionalisti jezik?|trans-title=Do Nationalists Steal Language?|language=sh|url=http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/kradu-li-nacionalisti-jezik|publisher=[[Al Jazeera]]|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222201528/http://balkans.aljazeera.net/vijesti/kradu-li-nacionalisti-jezik|url-status=live|date=9 October 2016|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> Numerous [[audience]]s were also included.<ref>{{cite news|last=Duilo|first=Dražen|title=A što ako Srbi i Hrvati imaju zajednički jezik?|trans-title=What if Serbs and Croats Have a Common Language?|language=sh|url=http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/scena/kultura/clanak/id/313000/a-sto-ako-srbi-i-hrvati-imaju-zajednicki-jezik|newspaper=[[Slobodna Dalmacija]]|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040438/http://www.slobodnadalmacija.hr/scena/kultura/clanak/id/313000/a-sto-ako-srbi-i-hrvati-imaju-zajednicki-jezik|url-status=live|___location=Split|issn=0350-4662|date=19 May 2016|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Dušan|last=Komarčević|title=Čiji je naš jezik?|trans-title=Whose is Our Language?* |language=sh|url=http://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/ciji-je-nas-jezik/28034800.html|publisher=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]]|archive-date=3 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403101645/http://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/ciji-je-nas-jezik/28034800.html|url-status=live|date=6 October 2016|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> The titles of [[debate]]s on the conferences were:

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== The creation of the Declaration ==

More than thirty experts participated in the drafting of the ''Declaration'', half of whom were linguists<ref>{{YouTube|mpCCM4OTFgY|BN-TV Show about the Declaration in 2017, min 20:02}} {{in lang|sh}}</ref> of different [[nationalities]] from the four states.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kordić|first=Snježana|author-link=Snježana Kordić|date=23 February 2018|title=Jezik kao sredstvo ideološke propagande&nbsp;(intervju vodila Bojana Marić)|trans-title=Language as a Means of Ideological Propaganda (interview conducted by Bojana Marić)|language=sh|url=http://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/935893.Intervju_SK_BH_radio_23-2-2018-Bojana_Mari_Otvoreni_studio.WAV|work=Radio show Otvoreni studio|publisher=[[BH Radio 1]]|___location=Sarajevo|access-date=18 June 2018|id={{CROSBI|935893}}}}, min 3:00</ref> The process of writing lasted for several months.<ref name="VLDerk"/> The [[initiative]] emerged just after the last conference in Sarajevo, when young people from Bosnia-Herzegovina<ref>{{cite web|first=Rajka|last=Glušica|title=Glušica: Ako se dobro razumijemo – govorimo jednim jezikom|trans-title=Glušica: If We Understand Each Other Well – We Speak the Same Language|language=sh|work=TV show Novi dan (host Minela Jašar)|url=http://ba.n1info.com/a145947/Vijesti/Vijesti/Glusica-Ako-se-dobro-razumijemo-govorimo-jednim-jezikom.html|publisher=[[N1 (TV channel)|N1]]|date=30 March 2017|access-date=18 June 2019|quote=Cilj tih konferencija nije bio deklaracija, već se to desilo spontano na konferenciji u Sarajevu kada je predložila grupa mladih ljudi.|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080755/http://ba.n1info.com/a145947/Vijesti/Vijesti/Glusica-Ako-se-dobro-razumijemo-govorimo-jednim-jezikom.html|url-status=dead}} min 1.50</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Vlašić|first=Nela|date=31 March 2017|title=Mali jezik, velika larma roda moga|trans-title=A Small Language, the Big Noise of My People|language=sh|url=http://www.autograf.hr/mali-jezik-velika-larma-roda-moga/|publisher=Autograf.hr|archive-date=30 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170530124146/http://www.autograf.hr/mali-jezik-velika-larma-roda-moga/|url-status=live|___location=Zagreb|issn=1849-143X|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kordić|first=Snježana|author-link=Snježana Kordić|title=Kordić: Nacionalizam se zahuktava i danas|trans-title=Kordić: Nationalism is Still Rising Today|language=sh|work=TV show Novi dan (host Alma Dautbegović-Voloder)|url=http://ba.n1info.com/a245836/Video/Kordic-Nacionalizam-se-zahuktava-i-danas.html|publisher=[[N1 (TV channel)|N1]]|date=27 February 2018|access-date=18 June 2019|id={{CROSBI|935896}}|quote=Kao prvo da spomenem ipak, jer smo u Sarajevu, da je to bila inicijativa mladih ljudi iz Sarajeva i onda se proširila na intelektualce iz sve četiri države.|archive-date=7 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180807125437/http://ba.n1info.com/a245836/Video/Kordic-Nacionalizam-se-zahuktava-i-danas.html|url-status=dead}} min 9.44</ref> who experienced the educational segregation in the so-called "[[two schools under one roof]]"<ref name="Posteno">{{cite web|first=Duška|last=Jurišić|title=O provokaciji ili dekontaminaciji|trans-title=About provocation or decontamination|language=sh|work=TV show Pošteno|url=http://www.federalna.ba/bhs/vijest/198793/03042017|publisher=[[Federalna televizija]]|date=3 April 2017|access-date=18 June 2019|archive-date=11 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411221148/http://www.federalna.ba/bhs/vijest/198793/03042017|url-status=dead}} min 14.00</ref> came up with the idea of composing a text that would encourage change of the [[Politics of Language|language policy]] in all four countries.<ref name="Lasic">{{cite web|last=Lasić|first=Igor|title=Četiri naziva uzgajaju zabludu o četiri jezika|trans-title=Four Names Suggest Four Languages|language=sh|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/snjezana-kordic-cetiri-naziva-uzgajaju-zabludu-o-cetiri-jezika|publisher=[[Novosti (Croatia)|Novosti]]|pages=16–17|archive-date=22 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170122132038/http://www.portalnovosti.com/snjezana-kordic-cetiri-naziva-uzgajaju-zabludu-o-cetiri-jezika|url-status=live|___location=Zagreb|issn=1845-8955|date=13 January 2017|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> They entitled the text ''Declaration on the Common Language''<ref name="Grozdanic">{{cite web|last=Grozdanić|first=Dragan|title=Bez tlake na jeziku|trans-title=No Pressure on Language|language=sh|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/bez-tlake-na-jeziku|publisher=[[Novosti (Croatia)|Novosti]]|pages=4–6|___location=Zagreb|issn=1845-8955|date=31 March 2017|archive-date=8 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170608215103/http://www.portalnovosti.com/bez-tlake-na-jeziku|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> and gave it for rewriting to professional linguists,<ref name="VLDerk">{{cite web|last=Derk|first=Denis|title=Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca|trans-title=A Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins is About to Appear|language=sh|url=http://www.vecernji.hr/hrvatska/deklaracija-o-zajednickom-jeziku-iz-zagreba-donosi-se-30-ozujka-u-sarajevu-1159142|newspaper=[[Večernji list]]|pages=6–7|___location=Zagreb|issn=0350-5006|date=28 March 2017|archive-date=20 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920235101/https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/deklaracija-o-zajednickom-jeziku-iz-zagreba-donosi-se-30-ozujka-u-sarajevu-1159142|url-status=live|access-date=26 June 2019}}</ref> so that the ''Declaration'' was redrafted in Zagreb in the following months and can therefore be called the "Zagreb Declaration."<ref>{{cite web|last=Derk|first=Denis|title=Lokalni političari iz zajedničkog stvorili četiri nova jezika|trans-title=Local Politicians Have Created Four New Languages From the Common Language|language=sh|url=https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/lokalni-politicari-iz-zajednickog-stvorili-cetiri-nova-jezika-1159671|newspaper=[[Večernji list]]|___location=Zagreb|issn=0350-5006|date=31 March 2017|archive-date=21 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921145909/https://www.vecernji.hr/vijesti/lokalni-politicari-iz-zajednickog-stvorili-cetiri-nova-jezika-1159671|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref>

As a continuation of the project Languages and Nationalisms, a [[committee]] of experts of different nationalities from all four countries was formed that worked on the final version of the ''Declaration'' on 16 and 17 January 2017 in Zagreb.<ref name="Lasic"/> After the [[meeting]], the text was sent to some twenty consultants, whose proposals are then embedded in the final form of the text.<ref>{{YouTube|-od7fL44o8g|Round Table on the Declaration at the Subversive Festival in Zagreb 2017, min 5–7}} {{in lang|sh}}</ref>

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== Presentation of the Declaration ==

[[File:Collecting signatures for the Declaration on the Common Language.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Collecting signatures for the ''Declaration'']]The ''Declaration on the common language'' with more than two hundred signatures of prominent intellectuals<ref>{{cite web|last=Puhovski|first=Žarko|author-link=Žarko Puhovski|title=Politika u RH je najgluplje i najhisteričnije reagirala|trans-title=Politics in the Republic of Croatia Reacted the Most Stupidly and Hysterically|language=sh|work=TV show Novi dan (host Tihomir Ladišić)|url=http://hr.n1info.com/a189788/Vijesti/Politika-u-RH-je-najgluplje-i-najhistericnije-reagirala.html|date=7 April 2017|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033945/http://hr.n1info.com/a189788/Vijesti/Politika-u-RH-je-najgluplje-i-najhistericnije-reagirala.html|url-status=live|___location=Zagreb|publisher=[[N1 (TV channel)|N1]]|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bakotin|first=Jerko|date=15 May 2017|title=Petković ili o kenjaži|trans-title=Petković or About Bullshit|language=sh|url=http://www.portalnovosti.com/petkovic-ili-o-kenjazi|publisher=[[Novosti (Croatia)|Novosti]]|archive-date=19 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519001848/http://www.portalnovosti.com/petkovic-ili-o-kenjazi|url-status=live|___location=Zagreb|issn=1845-8955|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> from Croatia,<ref>{{cite web|last=Savičević Ivančević|first=Olja|title=Predsjednik društva pisaca tuži novinara: Petkovića pozivaju na ostavku. "To je bijedno i kukavički!"|trans-title=The President of the Writers' Club Sues a Journalist: Calling for the Resignation of Petković. "It's Crazy and Cowardly!"|language=sh|url=http://www.lupiga.com/vijesti/predsjednik-drustva-pisaca-tuzi-novinara-petkovica-pozivaju-na-ostavku-to-je-bijedno-i-kukavicki|publisher=Lupiga|archive-date=19 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119211217/http://lupiga.com/vijesti/predsjednik-drustva-pisaca-tuzi-novinara-petkovica-pozivaju-na-ostavku-to-je-bijedno-i-kukavicki|url-status=live|___location=Zagreb|issn=1849-3831|date=16 November 2017|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia was simultaneously presented to the public on 30 March 2017 in Zagreb, Podgorica, Belgrade and Sarajevo, where a press conference was held and two [[panel discussion]]s with titles "What is a common language?" and "Language and the Future". Then the ''Declaration'' was opened for signing to other people.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[P.E.N.]]|date=27 March 2017|title=Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku|trans-title=Declaration on the Common Language|language=sh|url=http://penbih.ba/2017/03/deklaracija-o-zajednickom-jeziku/|publisher=P.E.N. BiH|___location=Sarajevo|archive-date=31 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170331085450/http://penbih.ba/2017/03/deklaracija-o-zajednickom-jeziku/|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> Over the next few days, more than 8.000 people signed it.<ref>{{cite web|first=Martin|last=Sander|date=23 May 2017|title=Nationalistisch geprägte Sprache?|trans-title=Language Burdened With Nationalism?|language=de|url=http://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/935988.Deutschlandradio_SK_23-5-2017.mp3|publisher=[[Deutschlandradio]]|___location=Berlin|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> Two months later, in the framework of the 10th [[Subversive Festival]] in Zagreb, a [[Round table (discussion)|round table]] on the ''Declaration'', titled "Language and Nationalism", was held.<ref>{{cite web|date=19 May 2017|title=Okrugli stol: Jezik i nacionalizam|trans-title=Round Table: Language and Nationalism|language=sh|url=http://subversivefestival.com/sf17/okrugli-stol-jezik-i-nacionalizam/|publisher=[[Subversive Festival|10. Subversive Festival]]|___location=Zagreb|archive-date=13 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513172437/http://subversivefestival.com/sf17/okrugli-stol-jezik-i-nacionalizam/|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|ZlyXyJtu_KQ|Round Table: Language and Nationalism (90 min)}} {{in lang|sh}}</ref> Then a debate<ref>{{YouTube|2VsRa2kfAwk|Clip From the Debate (Teofil Pančić), 2 min}} {{in lang|sh}}</ref> "About the Declaration on the Common Language and Other Demons" was held at the [[Krokodil Literary Festival|Crocodile Literature Festival]] in Belgrade.<ref>{{cite web|author=[[Tanjug]]|date=19 June 2017|title=Ljudi, nemojmo da se zafrkavamo, svi govorimo istim jezikom|trans-title=People, Let Us not Full Ourselves, We All Speak the Same Language|language=sh|url=http://www.b92.net/kultura/vesti.php?yyyy=2017&mm=06&dd=19&nav_category=1864&nav_id=1273654|publisher=[[B92]]|___location=Belgrade|archive-date=24 June 2017|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6rSHdFiuT?url=http://www.b92.net/kultura/vesti.php?yyyy=2017&mm=06&dd=19&nav_category=1864&nav_id=1273654|url-status=live|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Ćirić|first=Sonja|date=22 June 2017|title=Ptičica koja ide okolo i smeta|journal=Vreme: Nedeljnik|trans-title=Bird That Goes Around and Disturbs|language=sh|url=http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1509828|publisher=[[Vreme]]|archive-date=23 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823035701/http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=1509828|url-status=live|___location=Belgrade|issn=0353-8028|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> After that, in [[Novi Sad]], a panel discussion "Whose is Our Language?" at the [[Exit (festival)|Exit festival]]<ref>{{YouTube|pJxjTonO67I|Clip from the Panel "Whose is Our Language?", 7 min}} {{in lang|sh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Svi govorimo naš jezik|trans-title=We All Speak Our Language|language=sh|url=http://www.danas.rs/drustvo.55.html?news_id=350623&title=%E2%80%9CSvi+govorimo+NA%C5%A0+jezik%E2%80%9D|work=[[Danas (newspaper)|Danas]]|archive-date=16 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716100101/http://www.danas.rs/drustvo.55.html?news_id=350623&title=%E2%80%9CSvi+govorimo+NA%C5%A0+jezik%E2%80%9D|url-status=live|___location=Belgrade|issn=1450-538X|date=9 July 2017|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=9 July 2017|title=Tribina: Deklaracijom o zajedničkom jeziku protiv nacionalizma|trans-title=Panel: The Declaration on the Common Language Against Nationalism|language=sh|url=http://www.autonomija.info/tribina-deklaracijom-o-zajednickom-jeziku-protiv-nacionalizma.html|publisher=Autonomija|archive-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714082609/http://www.autonomija.info/tribina-deklaracijom-o-zajednickom-jeziku-protiv-nacionalizma.html|url-status=live|___location=Novi Sad|access-date=18 June 2019}}</ref> and a forum "What are the Achievements of the Declaration on the Common Language?" at the International Literary Conference Book Talk were organised.<ref>{{YouTube|975YLk0XONE|Panel on the Declaration at the Conference Book Talk, 56 min}} {{in lang|sh}}</ref> In Montenegro, there was a round table on the ''Declaration'' in the framework of the 7th [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš|Njegoš's]] Days.<ref>{{YouTube|yEDBscF80IM|Announcement of the Round Table on the Declaration on TV ''Vijesti'', 14 min}} {{in lang|sh}}</ref> At the end of 2017, a discussion "What to do With the Language: Who speaks (or does not speak) the common language?" was organised at the 6th [[Open University of Sarajevo|Open University in Sarajevo]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Hana|last=Sokolović|title=Šta da se radi s jezikom?|trans-title=What To Do With the Language?|language=sh|work=TV news Dnevnik|url=http://ba.n1info.com/a226040/Video/Info/Sta-da-se-radi.-s-jezikom.html|publisher=[[N1 (TV channel)|N1]]|date=10 November 2017|access-date=18 June 2019}}{{Dead link|date=October 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 1:48 min</ref>

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== External links ==

{{Commons category|Declaration on the Common Language}}

* [http://jezicinacionalizmi.com/ Text of the Declaration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809220921/http://jezicinacionalizmi.com/ |date=9 August 2018 }} {{in lang|sh}}

* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XVGV5Z306SeDFzpdpUHhfeK-voAFdaakS48LqXfGozA/pubhtml List of signatories]

* {{YouTube|9OU3WkvKLwk|Press conference about the ''Declaration&nbsp;on the Common Language''}} {{in lang|sh}}