Босански
Bosnian
Hackettstown (NJ)Community Profile: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin — linguistically close and grouped together as Serbo-Croatian during the time of the former Republic of Yugoslavia (though using different writing systems) — are spoken by a number of substantially separate communities of Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins, and Bosniaks (Bosnian Muslims) across the five boroughs. Though earlier clusters existed, many arrived in the city in the mid-1990s fleeing war. Many of the city's ethnic Albanians have roots in Montenegro, Kosovo, and elsewhere in the former Yugoslavia and speak the closely realted south Slavic varieties Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, or Montenegrin as a result.
S
izeable Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) communities formed in Queens especially after the breakup of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s. One community is based in and around Astoria, within a wider Balkan matrix, with many worshipping at the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Islamic Center, while others have gone further east to Richmond Hill (home to the Bosniak Islamic Cultural Center). A separate but significant community in New Jersey has a hub at the Bosniak Community Center in Hackettstown.
Note that the language above may be used throughout the New York area — this is just one significant site.