Boykos
The Boykos (Ukrainian: бойки, romanized: boiky; Polish: Bojkowie; Slovak: Pujďáci), or simply Highlanders (верховинці, verkhovyntsi or ґоралы, g̀oraly), are an ethnolinguistic group located in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland. Along with the neighbouring Lemkos and Hutsuls, the Boykos are a sub-group of Ukrainians and speak a dialect of Ukrainian language. Within Ukraine and according to a majority of linguists, the Boykos and other Rusyns are seen as a sub-group of ethnic Ukrainians, and the Rusyn lect is regarded as part of a dialect continuum within Ukrainian. Boykos differ from their neighbors in dialect, dress, folk architecture, and customs.
Бойки | |
|---|---|
Boyko family of Maniava, late 19th century | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Ukraine | 131 (2001) |
| Poland | 258 (2011) |
| Languages | |
| Rusyn, Ukrainian | |
| Religion | |
| Eastern Catholic, Orthodox Christianity | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ukrainians · Rusyns · Lemkos · Hutsuls | |
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