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How similar are Serbian and Bosnian?
Contemporary Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian are spoken by about 17 million people and are nearly identical to each other in vocabulary and grammar, though they use different alphabets.
What do Serbians call Serbia?
Serbia
| Republic of Serbia Република Србија (Serbian) Republika Srbija (Serbian) | |
|---|---|
| • Yugoslavia | 1918 |
| • Serbia and Montenegro | 1992 |
| • Independence restored | 2006 |
| Area |
What race is someone from Bosnia?
According to the latest official population census made in Bosnia and Herzegovina, most of the population identified with Bosniak, Croat or Serb ethnicity.
What happened to the Bosnian Serbs and Croats?
During the next 20 years the Serb and Croat populations fell in absolute terms as many Serbs and Croats emigrated. In the 1991 census Muslims made up more than two-fifths of the Bosnian population, while Serbs made up slightly less than one-third and Croats one-sixth.
What is the difference between Bosnian Muslims and Serbs?
In the 1991 census Muslims made up more than two-fifths of the Bosnian population, while Serbs made up slightly less than one-third and Croats one-sixth. From the mid-1990s the term Bosniak replaced Muslim as the name Bosnian Muslims use for themselves.
Do Bosnians speak their own language?
“The people of Bosnia — meaning Bosniaks, Croats, and Serbs — could each say they’re speaking their own, individual language. They say that it’s their national language, and that it’s not for Europe, Belgrade, or Zagreb to decide differently,” Kovacec says. “The same is true for Montenegrins.
Can Croats and Serbs really understand each other?
“Serbs and Croats can understand each other on the level of basic communication. But when experts start to actually analyze the languages, there are in fact a lot of differences — in grammar, syntax, and every other way,” Bjelanovic says.