Bosnians

The Bosnians (Bosanci; sing. Bosnian, Bosanac) are a people whose country is Bosnia and Herzegovina. A Bosnian can be a Bosnian Serb, Bosnian Croat or a Bosnian Bosniak, but also a member of any other nationality.

The term "Bosniak" had the meaning that the term "Bosnian" has today, a few hundred years ago. Many of the people in Bosnia once called themselves "Bosniaks", including Catholics and Orthodox Christians, but this meaning has since been replaced.

Officially, the "Bosnian" people do not exist. But some people prefer to call themselves "Bosnians". Some even refuse to call themselves anything other than "Bosnians". Examples of people who only identify themselves as "Bosnians"; Sergej Barbarez (1/2 Orthodox Christian, 1/2 Muslim), Branko Đurić (Orthodox Christian), Josip Katalinski (Catholic) and Hamdija Begović (Muslim).

This can be compared to the people in Bosnia and Herzegovina that call themselves Yugoslavs.

See also

• List of Bosnians