Aromanians in Greece

Aromanians in Greece
*Armãnji/Rrãmãnji tu Gãrtsii*
*Βλάχοι/Αρμάνοι στην Ελλάδα*
	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

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.^[2]

In the country, they are commonly known as "Vlachs" (Βλάχοι, Vláchoi) and referred to as "Vlachophone Greeks"^[3]^[4] or "Vlach-speaking Greeks",^[5] because most Aromanians in Greece have a Greek identity and identify themselves with the Greek nation and culture.^[6]^[7]

^ Kahl 2002, p. 153.
^ Mackridge, Peter (2 April 2009). Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199214426.
^ "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Greece : Vlachs". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Vlachs, or Vlachophone Greeks, are traditionally mountain pastoralists.
^ Official Report of Debates. Council of Europe. 1 July 1996. p. 907. ISBN 978-92-871-2983-3. The Vlachs or Macedo-Romanians, also called Aromanians or Vlachophone Greeks by others [...]
^ "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Greece : Vlachs". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. In August 2003 the Greek Federation of Cultural Associations of Vlachs objected to the direct or indirect characterization of the Vlach-speaking Greeks as an ethnic, linguistic or other type of minority, a position expressed in a subsequent report issued by the American organization Freedom House. The Federation asserted that Vlach-speaking Greeks never asked to be recognized as a minority by the Greek state as both historically and culturally they were, and still are an integral part of Hellenism.
^ History and culture of South Eastern Europe. Vol. 5. Slavica Verlag Dr. A. Kovač. 2003. p. 212.
^ Stjepanović, Dejan (15 March 2015). "Claimed Co-ethnics and Kin-State Citizenship in Southeastern Europe". Ethnopolitics. 14 (2): 140–158. doi:10.1080/17449057.2014.991151. hdl:20.500.11820/8f5ce80b-bfb3-470c-a8b0-620df2a7760f. ISSN 1744-9057.

[FOOTNOTEKahl2002153-1] Kahl 2002, p. 153.

[2] Mackridge, Peter (2 April 2009). Language and National Identity in Greece, 1766-1976. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199214426.

[3] "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Greece : Vlachs". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. Vlachs, or Vlachophone Greeks, are traditionally mountain pastoralists.

[4] Official Report of Debates. Council of Europe. 1 July 1996. p. 907. ISBN 978-92-871-2983-3. The Vlachs or Macedo-Romanians, also called Aromanians or Vlachophone Greeks by others [...]

[5] "World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples - Greece : Vlachs". United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. May 2018. Archived from the original on 15 September 2013. In August 2003 the Greek Federation of Cultural Associations of Vlachs objected to the direct or indirect characterization of the Vlach-speaking Greeks as an ethnic, linguistic or other type of minority, a position expressed in a subsequent report issued by the American organization Freedom House. The Federation asserted that Vlach-speaking Greeks never asked to be recognized as a minority by the Greek state as both historically and culturally they were, and still are an integral part of Hellenism.

[6] History and culture of South Eastern Europe. Vol. 5. Slavica Verlag Dr. A. Kovač. 2003. p. 212.

[7] Stjepanović, Dejan (15 March 2015). "Claimed Co-ethnics and Kin-State Citizenship in Southeastern Europe". Ethnopolitics. 14 (2): 140–158. doi:10.1080/17449057.2014.991151. hdl:20.500.11820/8f5ce80b-bfb3-470c-a8b0-620df2a7760f. ISSN 1744-9057.

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