Bosnians

Bosnian ( Serbo-Croatian: Bosanci / Босанци ) called today mostly nationals of Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes only the inhabitants of the part of Bosnia, regardless of their religion or ethnic group they belong to.

In ordinary language the term is often used in the sense of an alleged titular synonymous with Bosniaks.

Ethnicities

Most Bosnians are one of the three major ethnic groups in the country - Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs - to which have evolved along denominational boundaries.

Religions

In the census in 1991 in Yugoslavia, over 40% of Bosnians known to Islam, most of them Sunni faith. 31% of Bosnians are committed to Serbian Orthodox denomination and 15 % Catholic denomination. Among the remaining 14 % can be found believing Jews and non-religious.

Language

The vast majority of Bosnians speak the štokavisch - ijekavische variant of Serbo-Croatian, which is referred to according to ethnic self-ascription as Bosnian, Croatian or Serbian. All three are easily mutually intelligible. A significant minority language is Romani.

Bosnian diaspora

In the diaspora Bosnians live primarily in North America and Western Europe. In most cases, they came there as labor migrants ( "guest workers" ) or after the outbreak of the Bosnian war in 1992 as war refugees.

Already in the 19th century, many Muslim Bosnians fled as Muhajir in Turkey, where they form a significant community today.