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BOSNIAN.
"BOSNIA, the most westerly
pashalic, or eyalet, of Turkey in
Europe, comprises an area which has
been variously estimated at from 16,000 to 22,000 square miles, and a
population numbering upwards
of 1,000,000. This population is composed of
Turks,
Servians,
Croats,
Gipsies,
Jews, and
Armenians;
the Bosniaks themselves number but 350,000 individuals. The dialect
has been described as a mixture
of Sclavonic and
Wallachian. In a letter, dated Corfu, 1827, Mr. Lowndes stated that the
Austrian
consul then at Corfu had given him information of the existence of the Bible
in the Bosnian dialect.
From the account given by the consul, it would appear that he had seen copies
of this version during
his residence among the Bosniaks. No copy of this work,
however, seems at any period to have
reached England."--The Bible of Every Land. (1860, Second
Edition) Samuel Bagster [Info only]
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