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Gorani people
Ethnic minority group in Kosovo / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Slavic people. For the language spoken by Kurds, see Gorani language.
The Gorani ([ɡɔ̌rani], Cyrillic: Горани) or Goranci ([ɡɔrǎːntsi], Cyrillic: Горанци), are a Slavic Muslim ethnic group inhabiting the Gora region—the triangle between Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia. They number an estimated 60,000 people, and speak a transitional South Slavic dialect, called Goranski. The vast majority of the Gorani people adhere to Sunni Islam.[12]
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![]() Gorani inhabited area (green) in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia | |
Total population | |
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60,000 (estimate)[1] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
![]() | 10,265 (2011 census)[2] |
![]() | 7,700 (2022 census)[3] |
![]() | 148 (2021 census)[4] |
![]() | Unknown |
![]() | 428 (2011 census)[5] |
![]() | 197 (2011 census)[6] |
![]() | 24 (2013 census)[7] |
Languages | |
Goranski (Našinski) Albanian Macedonian Serbian | |
Religion | |
Sunni Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Bosniaks, Pomaks, Torbeši,[8][9][10][11] Bulgarians, Macedonians, Serbs |
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