Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Bosnian
[bos] Users: 2,010,000 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016 World Factbook). Total users in all countries: 2,730,720. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1995, Federation Constitution, Article 6(1)). Alternate Names: Serbo-Croatian. Autonym: Bosanski jezik. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Bosnian Sign Language
[ysl] Scattered. Users: 10,000 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2021 DBS/DOOR/SIL). Estimated 7,000–13,000 deaf signers, assuming 0.2%–0.4% of the general population. Status: 6a* (Vigorous). Alternate Names: BSL, BZJ, Bosanski znakovni jezik, YSL, Yugoslav Sign Language, Yugoslavian Sign Language. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Bulgarian
[bul] Users: 4,100 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern.
Croatian
[hrv] Users: 554,000 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016 World Factbook). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1995, Federation Constitution, Article 6(1)). Alternate Names: Hrvatski, Serbo-Croatian. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
French
[fra] Users: 28,000 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Beck et al 2018), L2 users. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
Greek
[ell] Users: 1,800 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Greek, Attic.
Italian
[ita] Users: 3,600 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Ladino
[lad] Sarajevo. Users: 4 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2018 S. Zaraysky). Status: 8b (Nearly extinct). Alternate Names: Djidió, Judeo-Spanish, Judezmo, Spanyolit. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.
Montenegrin
[cnr] Users: 7,300 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Romani, Vlax
[rmy] Scattered. Users: 4,000 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2012 R. Hasic). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Danubian, Gurbéti, Gypsy, Rom, Tsigene, Vlax. Classification: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani, Vlax.
Serbian
[srp] Users: 1,170,000 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2016 World Factbook). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1995, Federation Constitution, Article 6(1)). Alternate Names: Montenegrin, Serbo-Croatian. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western.
Turkish
[tur] Users: 1,200 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Turkic, Southern, Turkish.
Ukrainian
[ukr] Users: 1,800 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2014 J. Leclerc). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East.