Matches in DBpedia 2015-04 for { ?s ?p "Pomaks (Bulgarian: Помаци Pomaci, Greek: Πομάκοι Pomáki, Turkish: Pomaklar) is a term used for a branch of Slavic Muslims who are indigenous to southern Bulgaria, Northern Greece, Turkey, Albania, Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo. Their language is referred to in Greece and Turkey as Pomak. Because the Pomaks speak Bulgarian as their native language, they are often defined as Slavic Muslims. Many Pomaks outside Bulgaria are also fluent in other languages: Albanian in Albania, Greek in Greece and Turkish in Turkey and Greece. In the latter two countries, especially in Turkey many are increasingly adopting Turkish as their first language as a result of education and family links with the Turkish people. The origin and language of the Pomaks has been debated, but they are today usually considered descendants of native Bulgarians who converted to Islam during the Ottoman rule of the Balkans. Different members of the group today declare a variety of ethnic identities: Bulgarian, Pomak, Muslim, Turkish, Albanian and others."@en }
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- Pomaks abstract "Pomaks (Bulgarian: Помаци Pomaci, Greek: Πομάκοι Pomáki, Turkish: Pomaklar) is a term used for a branch of Slavic Muslims who are indigenous to southern Bulgaria, Northern Greece, Turkey, Albania, Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo. Their language is referred to in Greece and Turkey as Pomak. Because the Pomaks speak Bulgarian as their native language, they are often defined as Slavic Muslims. Many Pomaks outside Bulgaria are also fluent in other languages: Albanian in Albania, Greek in Greece and Turkish in Turkey and Greece. In the latter two countries, especially in Turkey many are increasingly adopting Turkish as their first language as a result of education and family links with the Turkish people. The origin and language of the Pomaks has been debated, but they are today usually considered descendants of native Bulgarians who converted to Islam during the Ottoman rule of the Balkans. Different members of the group today declare a variety of ethnic identities: Bulgarian, Pomak, Muslim, Turkish, Albanian and others.".