Bosniaks (sometimes incorrectly refered to as Bosnian Muslims) are autochtone Slavic peoples of Bosnia. Up until the mid 19th century, the term Bosniak was used for all inhabitants of Bosnia regardles of faith.Some Bosniaks were forced to convert to Caholicism and Eastern Orthodox religions but during the Ottoman period mostly heretic Bosniaks in large numbers converted to Islam.
During the 19th century, the Bosniaks of Catholic and Eastern Orthodox faiths acquired Croatian and Serbian national identites and came to be known as Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Serbs.
U prijevodu:
Bosnjaci su autohtoni narod Bosne i Hercegovine (ponekad se pogresno identifikuju kao bosanski muslimani). Termin "Bosnjak" se koristio za citav narod Bosne i Hercegovine, bez obzira na vjersku propadnost. U srednjem vijeku, nekoliko Bosnjaka je prihvatilo katolicanstvo i pravoslavlje, a do tada su bili heretici! Dolaskom Osmanlija, veliki broj Bosnjaka je preslo na islam. U 19. stoljecu, Bosnjaci-katolici su se poceli izjasnjvati kao Hrvati, a Bosnjaci-pravoslavci kao Srbi (pod uticajem misionara Hrvatske i Srbije, medjutim, njihovi korijeni su u BiH).
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Eto zasto ima Srba i Hrvata da se prezivaju Bosnjak.
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