Bosniaks

E30242
South Slavic people ethnic group

Bosniaks are a South Slavic ethnic group primarily associated with Bosnia and Herzegovina, characterized by their historical adoption of Islam and distinct cultural and linguistic heritage in the Balkans.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Bosniak 4
Bošnjaci 1
Muslims (Bosniaks) 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Slavic people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
associatedState Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
censusCategory Bosniaks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bosniak
culturalCenter Sarajevo ⓘ
Tuzla ⓘ
Zenica ⓘ
culturalHoliday Independence Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
Statehood Day of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
demographicMajorityIn Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
demographicPresenceIn Republika Srpska ⓘ
diasporaCommunity Bosniak diaspora ⓘ
ethnogenesisPeriod early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnonym Bosniaks self-link ⓘ
flagColor green ⓘ
white ⓘ
flagSymbol lily of Bosnia ⓘ
formerOfficialName Muslims by nationality ⓘ
formerOfficialNamePeriod Yugoslavia ⓘ
surface form: socialist Yugoslavia
genocideVictimGroup Srebrenica genocide ⓘ
historicalEmpire Ottoman Empire ⓘ
historicalRegion Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
surface form: Bosnia

Herzegovina ⓘ
Sandžak ⓘ
homeland Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
language Bosnian ⓘ
surface form: Bosnian language
languageFamily South Slavic languages ⓘ
majorReligion Sunni Islam ⓘ
minorReligion Christianity ⓘ
Sufism ⓘ
nativeName Bosniaks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bošnjaci
politicalOrganization Party of Democratic Action ⓘ
predecessorPopulation medieval Bosnians ⓘ
primaryCountry Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
recognizedAsConstituentPeopleIn Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
recognizedMinorityIn Croatia ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
relatedEthnicGroup Croats ⓘ
Gorani ⓘ
Macedonians ⓘ
Montenegrins ⓘ
Serbs ⓘ
Slovene ⓘ
surface form: Slovenes

Torbeši ⓘ
religiousConversionPeriod Ottoman period ⓘ
religiousHoliday Eid al-Adha ⓘ
Eid al-Fitr ⓘ
religiousInstitution Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina ⓘ
religiousLawTradition Sharia ⓘ
surface form: Islamic law
religiousTradition Hanafi school ⓘ
surface form: Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
selfIdentification Bosniaks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Bosniak
significantPopulationIn Australia ⓘ
Austria ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
Croatia ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Kosovo ⓘ
Montenegro ⓘ
North Macedonia ⓘ
Serbia ⓘ
Slovenia ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
standardLanguageCenter Sarajevo ⓘ
traditionalCuisine burek ⓘ
pita ⓘ
ćevapi ⓘ
traditionalDress folk costume of Bosnia ⓘ
traditionalDrink Bosnian coffee ⓘ
traditionalMusic sevdalinka ⓘ
warExperience Bosnian War ⓘ
writingSystem Cyrillic script ⓘ
Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bosniaks → censusCategory → Bosniaks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosniak
Yugoslav Wars → countryInvolved → Bosniaks ⓘ
Mostar → demographics → Bosniaks ⓘ
Bosnian → ethnicGroupAssociated → Bosniaks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Muslims (Bosniaks)
Saša Stanišić → ethnicOrigin → Bosniaks ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosniak
this entity surface form: Bosniak
Bosniaks → ethnonym → Bosniaks self-link ⓘ
Balkans → hasEthnicGroup → Bosniaks ⓘ
Islamic world → hasEthnicGroup → Bosniaks ⓘ
Istria → hasEthnicGroup → Bosniaks ⓘ
Yugoslavia → hasEthnicGroup → Bosniaks ⓘ
Peć → hasMinorityPopulation → Bosniaks ⓘ
Slavs → includes → Bosniaks ⓘ
subject surface form: South Slavs
Bosniaks → nativeName → Bosniaks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bošnjaci
Croats → relatedEthnicGroup → Bosniaks ⓘ
Serbs → relatedEthnicGroup → Bosniaks ⓘ
Bosniaks → selfIdentification → Bosniaks self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bosniak
Marić → usedInEthnicGroup → Bosniaks ⓘ