Aromanians in Greece
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.
Area with Aromanian population and dialects | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 39,855 (1951 census); unofficial estimates count up to 300,000 | |
| 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" or "Vlach-speaking Greeks", because most Aromanians in Greece have a Greek identity and identify themselves with the Greek nation and culture.
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