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The early Bosnian-American community were generally inactive in domestic American politics. In the 2010s, Bosnian Americans became more active in politics and activism. [14] [15] In recent local and national elections, Bosnian Americans have mainly backed the Democratic Party due to the party's outreach efforts towards the community, support ...
The War in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 to 1995 brought the largest influx of Bosniaks to St Louis, which became the most popular United States destination for Bosniak refugees. It is estimated that 40,000 refugees moved to the St. Louis area in the 1990s and early 2000s, bringing the total Bosniak population St. Louis to around 70,000. [ 6 ]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 3 None (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian all have de facto status) [15] Botswana: 1 English Tswana: Other Bantu languages; Several Khoisan languages; Brazil: 1 Portuguese [16] German (in Pomerode [17])
In the United States, German was a widely spoken language in some American colonies, especially Pennsylvania, where a number of German-speaking Protestants and other religious minorities settled to escape persecution in Europe. Another wave of settlement occurred when Germans fleeing the failure of 19th-century German revolutions immigrated to ...
Anesa Kajtazovic, Iowa State Representative and first Bosnian-American elected official; Muhamed Sacirbey, businessman, lawyer, ... Bosnian national team;
American people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent (2 C, 32 P) Pages in category "Bosnian diaspora in the United States" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The Bosnian diaspora was the consequence of either voluntary departure, coercion and/or forced migrations or expulsions that occurred on several occasions since the 1870s: In the late 19th century to the east and west caused by the invading forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire .
The Bosniaks (Bosnian: Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, pronounced [boʃɲǎːtsi]; singular masculine: Bošnjak [bǒʃɲaːk], feminine: Bošnjakinja are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, [14] today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and who share a common ancestry, culture, history and the Bosnian language.