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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 [[Popular initiative|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>