Bosniaks

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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.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Bosniaks canonical 52
Bosniak 7
Bosniak diaspora 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf South Slavic people
ethnic group
associatedState Bosnia and Herzegovina
censusCategory Bosniak
linked to: Bosniaks
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
flagColor green
white
flagSymbol lily of Bosnia
formerOfficialName Muslims by nationality
formerOfficialNamePeriod socialist Yugoslavia
linked to: Yugoslavia
genocideVictimGroup Srebrenica genocide
historicalEmpire Ottoman Empire
historicalRegion Bosnia
Herzegovina
Sandžak
homeland Bosnia and Herzegovina
language Bosnian language
linked to: Bosnian
languageFamily South Slavic languages
majorReligion Sunni Islam
minorReligion Christianity
Sufism
nativeName Bošnjaci
linked to: Bosniaks
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
Slovenes
linked to: Slovene

Torbeši
religiousConversionPeriod Ottoman period
religiousHoliday Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Fitr
religiousInstitution Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina
religiousLawTradition Islamic law
linked to: Sharia
religiousTradition Hanafi school of Sunni Islam
linked to: Hanafi school
selfIdentification Bosniak
linked to: Bosniaks
significantPopulationIn Australia
Austria
Canada
Croatia
Germany
Kosovo
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Serbia
Slovenia
Sweden
Turkey
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 script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (66)

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

Balkans hasEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Yugoslavia hasEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Islamic world hasEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Marić usedInEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Serbs relatedEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Croats relatedEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Bosniaks ethnonym Bosniaks
Bosniaks nativeName Bošnjaci
linked to: Bosniaks
Bosniaks selfIdentification Bosniak
linked to: Bosniaks
Bosniaks censusCategory Bosniak
linked to: Bosniaks
Yugoslav Wars countryInvolved Bosniaks
South Slavs includes Bosniaks
subject linked to: Slavs
Saša Stanišić ethnicOrigin Bosniak
linked to: Bosniaks
Istria hasEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina ethnicGroupsRecognized Muslims (Bosniaks)
linked to: Bosniaks
Bosnian ethnicGroupAssociated Bosniaks
Peć hasMinorityPopulation Bosniaks
Zlatan Ibrahimović ethnicOrigin Bosniak
linked to: Bosniaks
Mostar demographics Bosniaks
Zenica demographics Bosniaks
Tuzla hasMinorityCommunity Bosniaks
Torbeši relatedGroup Bosniaks
Srebrenica genocide victimGroup Bosnian Muslims
linked to: Bosniaks
Sandžak hasMajorEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina jurisdiction Bosniak diaspora
linked to: Bosniaks
Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina primaryConstituency Bosniak Muslims
linked to: Bosniaks
Crnogorci relatedEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Europeans includesEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Serbo-Croatian spokenIn Bosniak diaspora
linked to: Bosniaks
Prizren hasEthnicCommunity Bosniaks
Emine usedByEthnicGroup Bosniaks
Foča massacres victimGroup Bosniak civilians
linked to: Bosniaks