Download the People Group List (16 languages .csv)

Amharic - አማርኛ | Arabic - عربي
Bengali - বাংলা | Chinese (Simplified) - 中文（简体）
Chinese (Traditional) - 中文（繁體) | French - Français
German - Deutsch | Gujarati - ગુજરાતી
Hindi - हिन्दी | Indonesian - Bahasa Indonesia
Korean - 한국어 | Nepali - नेपाली
Portuguese - Português | Russian - Русский
Spanish - Español | Tagalog / Filipino
Be sure to use the data import function in your favorite app for working with data.
If you'd like to help improve these translations, Contact Us.

The Bosniaks of Montenegro

The Bosniaks of Montenegro, numbering approximately 48,500 people, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are an ethnic group primarily associated with the region of Bosnia and Herzegovina in southeastern Europe. They mostly adhere to Sunni Islam and Bosnian is their primary language.

Photo by Google. (2026). Image generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash: Bosniak

Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Montenegro
People Cluster: Slav, Southern
Primary Language(s): Bosnian (bos)
Primary Religion(s): Sunni Islam
Population: 48,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000869
View on Joshua Project

Print Profile
Submit Updates

Pray for the Bosniaks of Montenegro

Join others around the world in praying for the lost to be saved, the gospel to advance, the global Church to grow, and for laborers to be sent out and sustained in the harvest.

Pray Now!
Download Prayer Guide

Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Sunni Islam
Religious Affiliation: Islam

95%
%
Sunni Islam Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Bosnian
Language Family: Indo-European

100%
%
Bosnian Speakers

Media Resources in Bosnian:

Films:
TitleLink
JESUSView Film

1 film

Provided by the Jesus Film Project

View all resources

Bible Resources in Bosnian:

No Bible resources are listed for this language.

Provided by Faith Comes by Hearing

Or check out the Bosnian bible at Bible.com

Linked from YouVersion

View all resources

Explore Lostness and Next Steps

Unengaged and Unreached

Strategic Priority Index (SPI): Unengaged and Unreached (SPI: 0), which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations among which there are no known efforts focused on establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.
Lostness Priority Index (LPI): Frontier Unreached People Group, (LPI: 0), < 0.1% Evangelical.
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity (GSEC: 1), this people group is less than 2% evangelical, some evangelical resources are available, but there has been no active church planting among them within the past two years

Next steps for the Bosniaks:
Begin signifcant prayer and fasting for this group
Send cross-cultural teams to discover and research this people group
Begin gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group

Pray specifically for the Bosniaks of Montenegro

And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
readMatthew 24:14

Pray that the message of hope will reach those who are wandering in darkness, offering them a path to eternal life.

Worship the LORD in the splendor of holiness; tremble before him, all the earth!
readPsalm 96:9

Pray that many who do not yet know Jesus will come to know Him and worship Him in the splendor of His holiness.

And after she was baptized, and her household as well, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
readActs 16:15

Pray that God will bring entire families and households to faith in Him and raise up servant-leaders from among them.

After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
readRevelation 7:9-10

Pray that the promise in Revelation 7:9-10 will encourage believers from among them or from nearby people groups to share the gospel with people who have never learned it.

Bosniak Across Countries (ROP3 - 101629) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
All

8 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▼Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
BosniaksPG000713BosniaksBosnia and Herzegovina1,350,000Engaged yet UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG042449BosniaksGermany203,000Engaged yet UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG046471BosniaksUnited States168,000Engaged yet UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG049965BosniaksAustria101,000Unengaged and UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG000869BosniaksMontenegro48,500Unengaged and UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG047368BosniaksCanada44,500Unengaged and UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG000857BosniaksNorth Macedonia40,000Engaged yet UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam
BosniaksPG050303BosniaksSlovenia34,000Unengaged and UnreachedBosnianSunni Islam

To download a comprehensive people group list in spreadsheet form, visit our Research Data page.

Peoplegroups.org relies on updates from the field and other organizations for much of our data, so if you have any updates, please contact us. We use various international naming standards. For a list of these standards and fields, visit our Data Standards section.

Scroll to Top