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By the term Bosnian ] or just Bosnians are called the inhabitants of ], a region in Southeastern ], in the west of the ]. Bosnians are Slavs who were - willingly or by force - converted to ] during the ] period. '''Bosnian Muslims'' or Bosniaks are ] inhabitants of ], a region in the west of the ]. Bosnian Muslims are Slavs who were - willingly or by force - converted to ] during the ] period.


They speak a variant of the common ] (or Serbocroat) language, written in the same form of the Latin alphabet which is also used in the Croat (or Western) variant of the Croatoserbian language. The main difference of the Bosnian language variant is that it contains many borrowings from ] - many of them being ] and ] in origin - due to the Islamic faith of Bosnians. They speak a variant of the common ] language, written in the same form of the Latin alphabet which is also used in the Croat (or Western) variant of the Serbo-Croatian language. The main difference of the Bosnian language variant is that it contains many borrowings from ] - many of them being ] and ] in origin - due to the Islamic faith of Bosniaks.


Bosnia forms now part of the Republic of ], a former Yugoslav Republic, having gained its independence no longer ago than ]. Bosnia forms now part of the Republic of ], a former Yugoslav Republic, having gained its independence in ] after a long civil war.
The history of this region is very turbulent, as it used to be a province of the ], of the ] under ] dynasty, of the ] and, finally, of the ].

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'Bosnian Muslims or Bosniaks are Muslim inhabitants of Bosnia, a region in the west of the Balkan Peninsula. Bosnian Muslims are Slavs who were - willingly or by force - converted to Islam during the Ottoman period.

They speak a variant of the common Serbo-Croatian language, written in the same form of the Latin alphabet which is also used in the Croat (or Western) variant of the Serbo-Croatian language. The main difference of the Bosnian language variant is that it contains many borrowings from Turkish - many of them being Arabic and Persian in origin - due to the Islamic faith of Bosniaks.

Bosnia forms now part of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a former Yugoslav Republic, having gained its independence in 1995 after a long civil war.