Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Pomaks (Bulgarian: Помаци Pomatsi, Greek: Πομάκοι Pomáki, Turkish: Pomaklar) is an abbreviation used for Bulgarian-speaking Muslims who are indigenous to Bulgaria, Northern Greece, Turkey, Albania, Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo. Because the Pomaks speak Bulgarian as their native language, also referred to in Greece and Turkey as Pomak 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 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.Officially there are not any people recorded as Pomaks in the ethnic sense because according to the national censuses there are not any people, recorded ethnically as Pomaks, and the abbreviation is used as a slang for eastern South Slavic Muslims, while the abbreviation \"Pomak\" is considered formerly delibatory. However, it should be noted that in Greece and Turkey the practice for declaring the ethnic group at census has been abolished for decades. Different members of the group today declare a variety of ethnic identities: Bulgarian, Pomak, Muslim, Turkish, Albanian and others."@en }
Showing triples 1 to 1 of
1
with 100 triples per page.
- Pomaks abstract "Pomaks (Bulgarian: Помаци Pomatsi, Greek: Πομάκοι Pomáki, Turkish: Pomaklar) is an abbreviation used for Bulgarian-speaking Muslims who are indigenous to Bulgaria, Northern Greece, Turkey, Albania, Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo. Because the Pomaks speak Bulgarian as their native language, also referred to in Greece and Turkey as Pomak 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 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.Officially there are not any people recorded as Pomaks in the ethnic sense because according to the national censuses there are not any people, recorded ethnically as Pomaks, and the abbreviation is used as a slang for eastern South Slavic Muslims, while the abbreviation \"Pomak\" is considered formerly delibatory. However, it should be noted that in Greece and Turkey the practice for declaring the ethnic group at census has been abolished for decades. Different members of the group today declare a variety of ethnic identities: Bulgarian, Pomak, Muslim, Turkish, Albanian and others.".