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How many Croats are there in the world?
Croats
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 8 million | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Croatia 3,874,321 (2011) Bosnia and Herzegovina 544,780 (2016) | |
| United States | 414,714 (2012)–1,200,000 (est.) |
Do Serbs and Croats understand each other?
“Serbs and Croats can understand each other on the level of basic communication. Croatians have coined entirely new words, Bosniaks have peppered their speech with Turkic terms and phrases, and Serbs throughout the region remain committed to using the Cyrillic alphabet instead of Latin script.
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.
What happened in the Bosnian War?
Bosnian War. Widespread ethnic cleansing accompanied the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–95), as large numbers of Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) and Bosnian Croats were forced to flee their homes and were expelled by Bosnian Serbs and Serb paramilitary. Some Bosnian Croats also carried out a similar campaign against Bosniaks and Serbs.
What language do they speak in Bosnia and Herzegovina?
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina speak Croatian, a standardized variety of Serbo-Croatian language, spoken by the people of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Even though most of them speak in the Ijekavian, also the norm among Bosniaks and Bosnian Serbs, Ikavian is also used and was widespread in larger parts of Bosnia.