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Aromanians in Greece
Ethnic Aromanian minority within Greece / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aromanians in Greece (Aromanian: Armãnji tu Gãrtsii; Greek: Βλάχοι/Αρμάνοι στην Ελλάδα) are an Aromanian ethno-linguistic group native in Epirus, Thessaly and Western and Central Macedonia, in Greece.[2]
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![]() Area with Aromanian population and dialects | |
Total population | |
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39,855 (1951 census); unofficial estimates count up to 300,000[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Attica, Epirus, Thessaly, Western Macedonia, Central Macedonia | |
Languages | |
Aromanian (native), Greek | |
Religion | |
Predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Aromanians, Vlachs, Romanians, Greeks |
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In the country, they are commonly known as "Vlachs" (Βλάχοι, Vláchoi) and referred to as "Vlachophone Greeks"[3][4] or "Vlach-speaking Greeks",[5] because most Aromanians in Greece have a Greek identity and identify themselves with the Greek nation and culture.[6][7]