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Macedonian is predominantly spoken in Vardar Macedonia on the territory of North Macedonia. Speakers of Macedonian dialects of Bulgarian have a Bulgarian linguistic and national sense of identity and in Greece, following the Greek Civil War, the number of speakers decreased to a negligible number due to historical events and policies. [9]
According to information announced by Paskal Mitrovski on the I plenum of NOF in August 1948, about 85% of the Slavic-speaking population in Greek Macedonia had an ethnic Macedonian self-identity. It has been estimated that out of DSE's 20,000 fighters, 14,000 were Slavic Macedonians from Greek Macedonia.
Topographic map of Macedonia Köppen climate ... 307,000 identified as Greek speakers, while about 250,000 as Slavic speakers and 99,000 as "Vlach" (Aromanian or ...
Macedonia (/ ˌ m æ s ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ə / ⓘ MASS-ih-DOH-nee-ə) is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.Its boundaries have changed considerably over time; however, it came to be defined as the modern geographical region by the mid-19th century.
Ethnographic map of Macedonia (1892). Those defined as Greek Muslims are shown in yellow. The Vallahades were descendants of Greek-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians from southwestern Greek Macedonia, with their conversion to Islam likely occurring in stages between the 16th and 19th centuries. [9]
In Greece, there is a Slavic-speaking minority with various self-identifications (Macedonian, Greek, Bulgarian), estimated by Ethnologue and the Greek Helsinki Monitor as being between 100,000-200,000 (according to the Greek Helsinki Monitor only an estimated 10,000-30,000 have an ethnic Macedonian national identity [18]).
Other South Slavs, especially Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia, Bulgarians [a] and Torlak speakers in Serbia Macedonians ( Macedonian : Македонци , romanized : Makedonci [maˈkɛdɔnt͡si] ) are a nation and a South Slavic ethnic group native to the region of Macedonia in Southeast Europe .
Greece 962 (2001 census) [37] to 10,000–30,000 (1999 est.) [38] Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia: As of 1 January 2010, there are 1,705 citizens from the Republic of Macedonia with a residency permit in Greece. [39] 15 Hungary 5,000 (est.) Macedonians in Hungary: After the Greek Civil War many Macedonians were