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The official Language is BOSNIAN,CROATIAN AND SERBIAN. ALL 3 are official languages not just serbo-croatian. This was edited so our Bosnian history is removed from wiki by serbs 77.77.239.140 (talk) 11:08, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: "Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian" is the official name of Serbo-Croatian in Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are fundamentally dialects of the same language as they (along with Montenegrin) are for the most part mutually intelligible, same deal with American and British English. I am also going to make you aware that the Balkans and Eastern Europe have been designated a contentious topic. Aydoh8^[contribs] 13:48, 8 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your comparison between Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian with American and British English is deeply misleading and academically outdated. While mutual intelligibility exists, this does not erase the linguistic, historical, and cultural legitimacy of Bosnian as a distinct standard language. First, your claim that “Serbo-Croatian” is the official name of the language in Bosnia and Herzegovina is entirely false. The Constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina explicitly recognizes Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian as the three official languages of the country. Nowhere does it refer to “Serbo-Croatian”, that term was a Yugoslav-era construct that ceased to have official status after the breakup of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. Since then, internationally recognized linguistic and political institutions, including the United Nations, ISO, and the Council of Europe, all acknowledge Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian as separate standard languages, each with its own codified grammar, orthography, and lexicon. These differences are not “political inventions” but reflect distinct cultural and religious histories, particularly the Bosnian use of Oriental, Ottoman, and Islamic-derived vocabulary that was long marginalized under the “Serbo-Croatian” label. To insist on reimposing that label today is not neutral or academic, it reproduces the same ideological framework that aimed to erase Bosniak linguistic and national identity throughout the 20th century. Such linguistic denial was not incidental; it was a core component of the genocidal project that sought to eliminate the Bosniak people physically, culturally, and symbolically. The attempt to redefine Bosnian as a “dialect” of a non-existent “Serbo-Croatian” language serves the same purpose: to deny a people’s right to self-identify and to preserve their distinct heritage. Mutual intelligibility does not equal sameness, just as Spanish and Portuguese, or Norwegian and Danish, remain distinct despite mutual understanding. Language is not only a system of communication but also a vessel of cultural memory and identity. A report will be filed regarding your repeated attempts to dismiss and distort the linguistic identity of Bosniaks under the guise of “neutral clarification.” Userss28282 (talk) 23:07, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

First, start by reading the archives pages for previous discussions. This is not the first time this contention has been made. It's the linguistic classification, not the political, ideologically, ethnically or nationalism-based one. Please read the standard linguistic references on this, such as the International Encyclopedia of Linguistics p. 47 onwards, because sources that that are what we use. Thanks, Peacemaker67 (click to talk to me) 00:44, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I suggest updating the 2025 population estimate to 3.2 million based on World Bank and Church data Himborimbo (talk) 22:34, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Based on demographic trends, official census data, and Church registry estimates, the population of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2025 is likely around 3,200,000. The ethnic composition is estimated as follows: Bosniaks ~1,730,000; Serbs ~1,145,000; Croats ~325,000; Others/undeclared ~0–5,000. These figures account for population decline due to emigration and lower birth rates. Sources: BHAS population estimates (BHAS), World Bank data (World Bank), Catholic Church registry for Croats (Wikipedia). Himborimbo (talk) 22:38, 16 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Replace "it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast" with "it borders Montenegro to the southeast, Serbia to the east" ~2025-39642-72 (talk) 14:49, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: No reason was given for the proposed change. Day Creature (talk) 16:28, 9 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Add (Bosnian) to the where it says Bosna I Hercegovina above Босна и Херцеговина (Serbo-Croatian) in the box where it shows the country name Lexdid22 (talk) 20:57, 12 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

if i understand correctly, the bosnian name is in latin [charaters] script and the serbian-croatian name is in cyrillic. Logoshimpo (talk) 07:16, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bosnian is a subset of Serbo-Croatian, and it seems like the name of the country is the same in all Serbo-Croatian languages, so both names are Serbo-Croatian, it's just that one is in Latin and the other is in Cyrillic. I'm not sure the change is necessary. 🍅 fx (talk) 07:19, 13 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]