South Slavic ethnic group
Ethnic group
Bosniaks c. 2.5 million [note 1] Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,769,592[1] Turkey c. 115,000, by ancestry c. 2,000,000[2] United States c. 300,000[3] Serbia 153,801[4] Montenegro 53,605[5] Canada c. 50,000[6] Kosovo 27,533[7] Croatia 24,131[8] Slovenia 21,542[9] Denmark 21,000[10] North Macedonia 17,018[11] Australia 14,620[12] Bosnian Predominantly Sunni Islam [13] Other South Slavs , especially Bosnian Serbs , Bosnian Croats
The Bosniaks (Bosnian : Bošnjaci , Cyrillic : Бошњаци, pronounced [boʃɲǎːtsi] ; singular masculine: Bošnjak , feminine: Bošnjakinja ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia ,[14] which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina , who share a common Bosnian ancestry , culture , history and language . They primarily live in Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo as well as in Austria, Germany, Turkey and Sweden. They also constitute a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania.
Bosniaks are typically characterized by their historic ties to the Bosnian historical region , adherence to Islam since the 15th and 16th centuries, culture , and the Bosnian language . English speakers frequently refer to Bosniaks as Bosnian Muslims [note 2] or simply as Bosnians , though the latter term can also denote all inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina (regardless of ethnic identity) or apply to citizens of the country.
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