This process was initiated in Bosnia and Herzegovina, originally during the Austro-Hungarian administration (1878–1918), when the first political projects were designed to create an integral "Bosnian", and then a special "Bosniak" nation.
Ovaj proces začet je u Bosni i Hercegovini, prvo za vrijeme austro-ugarske uprave (1878.-1918.), kad su osmišljeni prvi politički projekti stvaranja integralne "bosanske", a potom i posebne "bošnjačke" nacije.