South Slavic ethnic group
Ethnic group
Montenegrins c. 1+ million[ a]
Montenegro : 278,865 (2011) [ b] [ 1] Diaspora: c. 600,000[ 2] [ 3] United States c. 40,000 (2014)[ 4] Argentina c. 30,000 (2001)[ 4] Germany c. 30,000[ 4] France c. 30,000[ 5] Serbia 20,238 (2022)[ 6] Luxembourg c. 12,000 (2001)[ 4] Chile c. 7,000 (2015)[ 7] Italy 4,588 (2010)[ 8] Canada 4,160 (2016)[ 9] Croatia 3,127 (2021)[ 10] Netherlands 2,721 (2022)[ 11] Slovenia 2,667 (2002)[ 12] Switzerland 2,593 (2014)[ 13] Bolivia c. 2,000 (2017)[ 14] Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,883 (2013)[ 15] Australia 1,554 (2013)[ 16] Sweden 1,551 (2022)[ 17] United Kingdom 1,027 (2011)[ 18] North Macedonia 1,023 (2021)[ 19] Albania 800 (2013)[ 20] [dead link ] Norway 764 (2023)[ 21] Denmark 684 (2023)[ 22] Albania 511 (2023)[ 23] Russia 181 (2010)[ 24] Belgium 129 (2010)[ 25] Montenegrin language , Serbian language , Venetian language Majority: 55% Eastern Orthodoxy : (45% Serbian Orthodoxy , 10% Montenegrin Orthodoxy ) Minority: Islam , Roman Catholicism and Irreligion Other South Slavs
Montenegrins (Montenegrin : Црногорци , romanized : Crnogorci , lit. 'People of the Black Mountain ', pronounced [tsr̩nǒɡoːrtsi] or [tsr̩noɡǒːrtsi] , Venetian : Montenegrini ) are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common ancestry, culture , history , and language , identified with the country of Montenegro .
Montenegrins are mostly Orthodox Christians , but the population also includes Catholics , Muslims and irreligious . The Montenegrin language is the official language of Montenegro.
Historically, the Montenegrin nation comprised many tribes . Most tribes formed in the 15th and 16th centuries, about the time when the Ottoman Empire established its control of the medieval state of Zeta . Today the tribes are mainly studied within the frameworks of social anthropology and family history , as they have not been used in official structures since the time (1852-1910) of the Principality of Montenegro , although some tribal regions overlap with contemporary municipal areas. The kinship groups give a sense of shared identity and descent.
Outside of Montenegro and Europe , Montenegrins form diaspora groups in (for example) the United States , Canada , Australia and Argentina . It is estimated that around 600,000 Montenegrin-descended people reside outside of Montenegro.[ 26] [ 27] In 2023 a total of 152,649 Montenegrins both held Montenegrin citizenship and resided outside of Montenegro.
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