South Slavs
subgroup of Slavic peoples who speak the South Slavic languages
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Summary
South Slavs is an ethnic group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of ethnic group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,544 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Catholicism[3], Sunni Islam[4], Eastern Orthodoxy[5]
- Country: Bulgaria[6], North Macedonia[7], Serbia[8], Montenegro[9], Bosnia and Herzegovina[10], Croatia[11], Slovenia[12], Albania[13], Italy[14], Greece[15], Austria[16], Turkey[17], Romania[18]
- Subclass of: Slavs[19]
- Part of: Slavs[20]
- Commons category: South Slavs[21]
- Said to be the same as: Yugoslavs[22]
- Has part(s): Slovenes[23], Croats[24], Bosniaks[25], Macedonians[26], Montenegrins[27], Serbs[28], Bulgarians[29], Bunjevci[30], Gorani people[31], Muslims[32], Torbeši[33], Pomaks[34], Rusyns[35], Slavic speakers of Greek Macedonia[36]
- Topic's main category: Category:South Slavs[37]
- Population: 30,000,000[38]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[39], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41]
- Partially coincident with: Yugoslavs[42]
- Language used: South Slavic[43]
- Self-identified name: Јужни Славени/Južni Slaveni[44], Южни славяни[45], Južni Slaveni[46], Јужни Словени[47], Južni Sloveni[48], Južni Slovani[49]
Why It Matters
South Slavs has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]