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Mispresentation
Goranis, higlanders so the title should be done by using the singular form such as German people, not Germans people. Gorani means aldready Gorans, like Goranci.
I remind of that there is an other people group named [
| Gorani] in Kurdistan. That is why I recommend using the Gorans as in original, like the Goranets (Goran male), Goranka (Goran female). It is also visible that the i in the ends signs Iranians such as Farsî, Kurdî, Afganî etc. Thanks and Regards
Anton.aldemir (
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22:12, 7 February 2014 (UTC)reply
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It is wrongly stated that Novo Selo is part of Gora and as one who hails from Novo Selo( even that is wrong, the correct name; it's called Novosej) and people of Novosej are albanians and speak only albanian... —Preceding
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79.106.109.42 (
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13:48, 10 June 2009 (UTC)reply
Provide source for this statement, please. I have this info from this study: Българите в района на Корча и Мала Преспа (Албания) - съвременна картина, Балканистичен Форум, Issue no.1-3 /2005, ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ "НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ" ; in English: Bulgarians in the region of Korcha and Mala Prespa (Albania) nowadays, Balkanistic Forum (1-3/2005), Pashova, Anastasija Nikolaeva; Issue: 1-3/2005, Page Range: 113-130. The info is that there are still old people, who understand Slavic, but the majority are Albanized. Is this right?
Jingby (
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14:49, 10 June 2009 (UTC)reply
Actually One of my great grandmothers was from Novosej, and the village is only partially inhabited by Gorani. But We have no problem with Goranis, they consider themself as Albanian and intermarry a lot with other Albanians (I speaj here only for Albania's Gorani). —Preceding
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217.136.97.119 (
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17:21, 31 October 2010 (UTC)reply
I resepct ur opinion but the Gorani are bosniaks (muslim Croats) and are related to them but even without bosniaks they are still related to the Croats and should be recognized as such
78.0.55.150 (
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19:48, 4 August 2023 (UTC)reply
...Gorani are just Gorani, Macedonians and Serbs are nothing more than Slav subdivisions anyhow. It's how they declare themselves in three countries, and how that's how they are. They are not ethnicly different from one another so it's hard to tell. Those in Macedonia may consider themselves Macedonian and those in Kosovo, probably Serbian if they wish. What you cannot have is Gorani saying they are Macedonian if they live in Serbia, or Serbian if they live in Macedonia, because if they were Macedonian when living in Serbia, you'd have Macedonians in Macedonia who are Orthodox, Macedonians in Macedonia who are Muslim, Macedonians in Serbia who are Muslim which means that the Orthodox Slavs of Serbia would also be Macedonian, hence a victory for Macedonian Nationalism as this way they could claim the whole of Serbia, or possibly you can have Gorani Serbs in Macedonia making Orthodox Slavs Serbs in Serbia, Muslim Slavs Serbian in Serbia, Muslim Slavs Serbian in Macedonia, thus Orthodox Slavs also Serbian in Macedonian bla bla bla...
Ragusan20:41, 26 March 2006 (UTC)reply
Gorans are islamizayd bulgarians bogomils.They cam in Gora from Estern Bulgaria,probobly from areas around Black Sea.They speak a torlaks dialekt of bulgarian language. —Preceding
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09:34, 13 February 2008 (UTC)reply
I used to work for a Gorani man in Australia. I'm not sure if this is true, but he told me they were Bosniaks who were one there way to Turkey after Austria-Hungary occupied Bosnia. I can't remember exactly, but he said something went wrong for them, like Turkey didn't accept them and Austria-Hungary didn't want them either so they were stuck in that area. They adopted Albanian surnames, but for some reason hate Albanians, and are Pro-Serbian. Again, I'm not sure if this is true. This is just from a Gorani farmer I worked for in Australia. — Preceding
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07:27, 4 July 2011 (UTC)reply
Gorani is a Kurdish dialect and province Kermanschah and in the Hewraman mountains of a small group is spoken. This dialect is called sometimes also Hewrami and stands to Zazaki (D?m?li) very near. In this dialect there are the oldest literary documents of the Kurdish language. Many speakers of this dialect belong to the religious grouping Ehl e chop. There are very many religious documents in this dialect is written. Gorani became up to 19. Century used by many Kurds in Iran and Iraq more and more of the Sorani dialect displaces however later. Sorani became supposed by the sunnitischen influences more importantly and thus became this dialect also more strongly. One can see it also completely clear today that Gorani dialect predominantly from Ehl e chop Kurds spoken wird.[bearbeiten ] Writing works The most important writing works are: 874-Seitige Shîrîn u Xusrew from the year 1975 of Xanay Qûbadi (lived 1700-1759). It was published in Bagdad. 789-Seitiger Diwan in 19. Century of the poet Feqe Qadiri Hemewend. The Koran in Gorani in 19. Century of Haci Nuri Eli Ilahi (Nuri Eli Shah). —Preceding
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06:37, 12 July 2004 (UTC)reply
This is true, which might mean a disambiguation page.
Refdoc 00:34, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
What is more "neutral" in that version? I was not even aware of a debate or controversy, yet! Please do not simply revert but use the talk page if you find fault.
Refdoc 22:29, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Several things, but if I may ask first, where did you found the information that Gorani is English name of dialect of Serbian which Gorani speak and that Gorani is name for Kurds which speak Gorani dialect of Kurdish? Names for people and their language are rarely same in English.
Nikola 21:12, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Well they are often enough the same- German/German, French/French, Italian/Italian, WRT to Gorani (Gora mountains) => official British refugee documentation (of/for and about) You can argue about the correctness, but this does not alter the usage. It is probably the result of being the language of only a couple of 10.000 people and that the '-nski' is pretty much unpronouncable for many British people - at least Home Office officials etc , someone at some stage made it up this way and others accepted it without much questioning and now this is the use. The Kurds - ask Kurds from the Iranian border and if they know Hewramanis/Goranis they should confirm it to you. Google is probably not going to tell you much. Both names are in use: Gorani and Hewrami/Hewramani for all that is verifiable. The defining feature is probably the combination of dialect with being r a small religious minority -
Ahl-e Haqq. You can argue whether this is sufficient to make it an ethnic group but that is proabably the same as with the Gora mountain people - defined by remoteness, odd dialect and religiously -> "othered" by their neighbours, ' eventually treated in a hostile manner and finally formed some sort of own identity.
Refdoc 01:33, 31 Jul 2004 (UTC)
It should have started by 16th century
The article states that these people converted to islam in the late 18th century. I think it's a bit late, the Ottoman Empire was already weak at that time. They conveted more probably during the 16th and 17th centuries.--
Revas23:53, 20 July 2005 (UTC)reply
Gorani are Macedonians, Macedonians are Bulgarians
This is probably why a pro-Bulgarian movement has been organized. In the economic and political desperation in Kosovo or among the Kosovo refugees no one should blame them. Well, Serbia is right if it's not happy about the Gorani becoming Bulgarian. In my opinion however, the Gorani in Kosovo, Serbia and FYROM will not gain any efficient support from Bulgaria. In spite of the legends told in Serbia, Bosnia and FYROM, I doubt that the Bulgarian authorities are so easily fooled. The regime of granting passports is tightening each time and the period of waiting for a 'yes' or 'no' now is over three years even for the Bulgarians from Caribrod and Bosilegrad, who are officially recognized by the Serbian state. Besides, Bulgaria has its own Muslims and needs no more of them. This is why the 'Return to Bulgaria' project is active in Ukraine, Moldova and among the Orthodox Macedonians but not in Kosovo, among the Macedonian Torbeši or the Pomaks of Northern Greece.
These disputes of who the Gorani are and who has the right on them are in vain and useless. It doesn't matter anymore, especially after 1999, when they fled Kosovo for good. Their overall number is insignificant and their future will depend on their individual choice. As far as I know, most Gorani who fled Kosovo have gone to Serbia proper. In two generations they will assimilate and become Serbs. If they go to FYROM: "Macedonians" or Albanians. If some among them convince the Bulgarian authorities and obtain Bulgarian passports: fine, they will go to Bulgaria or (most likely) will try Germany or Switzerland and become confectioners or café owners, until they obtain German or Swiss citizenship. The fourth group will go to Bosnia and become part of the new Bosniak nation (isn't it strange, with so many nations in such a small country (former SFRY), at least three of them never heard of before 1945!).
And a remark to the article: why doesn't it say anything about the Gorani in Albania? It is there where the "we are Bulgarians" voices are heard most often and listened to in Sofia.
85.11.148.7108:28, 16 May 2006 (UTC)reply
First of all, only Bulgarians are Bulgarians. Macedonians and Gorani are not Bulgarians, but only Macedonians and Gorani and nothing else. That is how they declare themselves in censa and that is how they are recognnized in the countries where they live. Regarding Gorani, it is correct that most of them now live in Central Serbia and Vojvodina, and I also agree that something should be written about Gorani who live in Albania.
PANONIAN(talk)14:27, 16 May 2006 (UTC)reply
Well, the issue is complicated. They speak Torlakian and Torlakian-Shop dialects are claimed to be Serbian by Serbian linguists and Bulgarian by Bulgarian linguists. The truth is that Torlakian-Shop dialects are in fact separate from both, Serbian and Bulgarian, and represent completelly unique South Slavic form of speech.
PANONIAN(talk)16:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)reply
Yes - AFIAC, I barely understood a neighbour of mine (who sells popcorns for living, sadly, ever since he abandoned Kosovo) when I met him for the first time. Call me mad, but I could swear he spoke Albanian when I heard him for the first time! :) It is he who told me that "their" ancestors joined arms with the Armies of Free Balkan Peoples in 1912 by the call of King Peter and that they've lived on Kosovo, tilling the fields ever since. He however, has a rather bad stereotypic view of Albanians. --
HolyRomanEmperor20:45, 12 September 2006 (UTC)reply
RMK1, here is not a local nationalistic club. Do not revert referenced text. If you have another neutral sourses provide tehem. Your POV is irrelevant for Wikipedia. Thank you. 05:24, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
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Wait a minute - "Orthodox Slavs" in Serbia that were adherents of the Serbian Orthodox Church - what prevents us from writing "Serbs"? --
PaxEquilibrium20:42, 2 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Shortly. First, the classification of "Serbia" in the Gora region in 18th and 19th century is stretched—it belonged to the Ottoman Empire, and was miles away from the Serbian state in rise. Second, I'd like a source to prove that they were a) Orthodox at all (although it doesn't seem disputed) b) cannonically under
Serbian Orthodox Church c) wouldn't then
Macedonists have a point that they actually were Macedonians. Until
WP:RS are presented, the best thing to do is to stick to the neutral terms.
Duja07:47, 3 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Well, the fact that they were all once Eastern Orthodox isn't disputed. Now, between 1557 (when it was (re)-established by Bajica Sokolovic - Islamized Mahmut Sokullu) and 1766 the Patriarchate of Pec existed as an Orthodox Christian entity, independent in every way. Its Patriarchs wore the prefix "Serb" in their titles, and cannonicle self-proclaimed the continuation of the
Serbian Orthodox Church that was abolished a while ago (this organization acted as a more political entity, actually being a "Serbia", since no Serbian state existed and Patriarchs were spiritual and political leaders of the Serbian people - and that was a state that unified all Serbs, but its existence didn't damage/jeoperdize anyone). It included Gora (see the map), but not Macedonia; it included Northern Macedonia, a traditional part of "Old Serbia" that had a very dense Serbian population (or pro-Serb Macedonian Slavs), whereas the majority of Macedonia (Macedonian Slavic-populated) was under the normal juristiction of the "Byzantine" Church in Constantinople.
You should check out
Project Rastko - Gora. Its maintained by a Goran himself, doctor Harun Hasani that's currently (and I belive the only one) most famous Goran writer. He's especially for his famous collection "Goranske narodne pesme" in 1987. I don't know if it matters to be noted - but Harun is pro-Serbian orientated: a "Muslim by nationality", a "Goran" and of "Serb origin" (ethnic Serb). The best (currently) thing that you could about the Gorani is this - I suggest you download it, it isn't a large file:
Ethnic Identity of Goranies by Academician Dragoslav Antonijević. --
PaxEquilibrium20:48, 3 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Nice. Could we now get rid of the "During Milošević's era in Serbia, they were claimed as Serbs of Muslim faith by the state-controlled media, and consequently used as a pawn in the Serb-Albanian conflict" line?
Nikola22:45, 3 October 2006 (UTC)reply
They're still (apparently) claimed as Serbs by Serbian nationalists
[1][2]. If you insist, I'll remove the line about "state-controlled media", as I can't find so old citations, but the statement pervades through Goranis' reactions
[3] (d'oh,
http://www.nasagora.info has removed some old material and now seems useless as a x-link).
[4]. Well, weren't they used that way?
Duja10:18, 4 October 2006 (UTC)reply
No. You are wrong, you know it, and you are systematically pushing your wrong view. Gorani are claimed as Serbs by Serbian nationalists, but they are also claimed as Serbs by those who are not Serbian nationalists, including Gorani researchers themselves. Mr. Sadik's opinion is apparently his own. Yes, they were used that way, butthat was the correct way of using them, as they truly are Serbs of Muslim faith.
Nikola20:21, 4 October 2006 (UTC)reply
I've read (most of those). I haven't really disputed their Orthodox origin (just asked for a citation), but the retrofitting of the term "Serb".
Duja10:18, 4 October 2006 (UTC)reply
I don't think so. As pointed out in
slava, the custom is not uniquely Serbian, and the conclusion is a
non sequitur: since many Balkan
Roma people celebrate Saint George's day as a slava, does it follow that Gorani are Roma?
Duja11:03, 4 October 2006 (UTC)reply
<shrug> I still fail to see how it can be presented as a blanket statement of fact. While the issues of religious affiliation in the Balkans' past are relatively clearcut, I'm strongly opposed to retrofitting modern ethnic affiliations; believe me, I witnessed too much edit wars on e.g. Macedonia-related articles. Attribution of modern ethnicity to an e.g. 17th century person is a hot topic, let alone entire ethnic group; well, you witnessed the edit wars over
Rudjer Boskovic and
Mesa Selimovic yourself, while most of the energy wasted in those silly disputes could be used to make the articles about their work and life better. A far better solution would be to include the history from Stojancevic's article
[5] and let readers decide.
Duja20:29, 4 October 2006 (UTC)reply
I believe I proposed percisely that. ;) But, if we have a source, I see no reason to put it. e.g. "X claims Y". Besides, doesn't it count that Harun Hassani is a Goran himself (aside from him, only one more Goran writer works/manages the Gora Rastko Project - did you notice him, by the way)? --
PaxEquilibrium20:45, 4 October 2006 (UTC)reply
<missed the reply> It's certainly OK to put "X claims Y". The fact that Hasani is a Goranac counts in a way, yet the numerous accusations on account of his "Serbophilia" of his compatriots count also :-). (sorry, can't find the sources right now, it was long time ago when I researched the matter).
Duja12:11, 9 October 2006 (UTC)reply
Yeah - it also depends who said that. While the leading administrator of the Gora forum (i've been reading those childlish nationalist posts back there), besides opening various new threads, opened several threads on the Gorani origin, his first claims are the very same "Slaveno-Serbian origin" or simply "Serbs". The (mass of) people who opposed him were either primitives, or very frequently, baring a rather interesting theory. I think that there's more to it if it's an opinion of many - Arab origin. However, we must also take into granted that almost all Bunyevs have received a Croatophobic feeling, especially for that Subotica Vojvodinian dude (forgot his name) who declares as a Croat and claims of Bunyev's Croatian origin (very likely true). A similiar thing is with the Shokci (although the Shokci identity pretty much died out in every sence of the word). A counterpoint are the Krashovani, whereas one Krashovan is a member of the Romanian Rastko branch - however this cannot be applied to this case, since the vast majority all declare as Croats and there are numerious websites, stories, blah, blah, blah - all pointing at their "Croatianess".
To Jingby> There seem to be some confusion, you are talking about a different Novo Selo as there are quite a few in Albania. The one we are talking about is adjacent to Gora region in albanian side, District of Kukes. Actually is called NOVOSEJ not to be mistaken with slavic Novo Selo but is called so(Novo Selo) by gorani people. I can provide evidence, but it will be in Albanian and do not know if that's of any use to you. None of the people of Novosej speaks Nashinski ( apart from gorani girls who have married in Novosej) and there isn't any clue or sign to suggest this language has been spoken. Having read a lot of comments, actually it springs to my mind that some 20-25 years ago i have heard old people calling gorani of Shishtavec bulgareci and i am sure i have heard the word shopi, which to me it makes more sense to say some gorani have originated from Bulgaria. In the mean time, if i find any source in english will post it at the first possibility. —Preceding
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79.106.109.41 (
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16:57, 12 June 2009 (UTC)reply
Bulgaria and the Gorani
Slavic Torlaks live also in North-western Bulgaria in and around the towns of Chiprovtsi, Archar, Lom and Godech. They identify themselves as Bulgarians and are Eastern Orthodox Christians by religion. They are called also Zadgorski Shopi (Shopi being the peasants from the surroundings of Bulgarian capital Sofia and 'Zadgorski' meaning 'from the other side of the mountain'. Sofia and the Torlak region are divided by the western slopes of the Stara Planina mountain). So, if the Gorani are Torlaks too, they are maybe closely related to Bulgarians?
There are Christian Slavs in Eastern Albania (nearly 50 000 in Golo Brdo) who speak for themselves as for "Nashintsi" and identify themselves as Bulgarians. As the Gorani also use a Slavic dialect named "Nashinski", it is possible that some claim for Bulgarian ethnic identity isn't false. Bulgarian anthropologists insist that some Slavic dialects from western Bulgaria, eastern Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and Gora are transitory and not purely Serbian or Bulgarian.
It is a matter of discussion among Bulgarian intellectuals about what should be the position of Bulgaria towards the Gorani. The government doesn't demonstrate any concern for this small group of Muslim Slavs, though.
A certain number of Gorani people from Prizren have already declared themselves Bulgarians and have asked the support of Bugaria for their cause which they define as cantonal autonomy within the newly declared Republic of Kosovo.
You know, people, the talk page is supposed to be used for resolving edit disputes, and talking in the edit summaries during an edit war is not quite polite wqa. That being said, I agree with Noah that the source only mentions one isolated attack, and does not attribute it to Albanians. The article also contains several questionable statements about Serbization/Albanization of surnames (Serbization in Belgrade is mentioned). While, personally, I do have an impression that Gorani-Albanian relations are far from perfect, better sources are indeed required to back that up or dismiss it.
Duja20:48, 22 October 2006 (UTC)reply
...none of them were adopted... and only "Serbian nationalists think they are Serbs" is kept in the article. I suppose Gorani are Serbian nationalists then. ;( --
PaxEquilibrium18:32, 6 April 2007 (UTC)reply
However, neither of the two of you are correct - approximately one half of Gorans consider themselves Serbs, while the other maintains a separate cultural identity (however this article should not only rely on what they think; 200,000 Vlachs in the Timok Frontier simply consider themselves Serbs and just Serbs - but fact is that they are of Vlach/Romanian/whatever origin - ask any Carasevan, he'll tell you he's a Croat - but indeed only a tiny number of them are of Croatian origins in the first place). --
PaxEquilibrium15:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)reply
religion is funny on the Balkans. Saint George's Day (Djurdjevdan) is a Christianized version of an ancient Slavic holiday, so I wouldn't be surprised it exists and is celebrated by both religions. When the Slavs were made to abandon their original beliefs, the major religions incorporated and 'domesticated' the major Slavic-religion holidays. This explains why today in many South-Slav countries days like 'Saint George's Day', 'Saint Elijah's Day', 'Transfiguration', 'Great' and 'Small' Mother of God (Bogorodica) days' are major holidays almost on par with Christmas and Easter.
Capricornis19:29, 1 September 2007 (UTC)reply
Yes they kept a few orthodox-Christian celebrations and Saint George's Day (Djurdjevdan) is one of them. Maybe because it is a very important holiday and they identify their own ethnicity and culture with it.
Roma people (Gypsies) celebrate this holiday all over the Balkans even do most of them are Muslims.
2008.06: Could we please have a review of the article, to reflect the changed status of Kosova/Kosovo since 2008.02? It would itself need to be reviewed carefully for neutrality, both in the language used and in the politics represented, due to the current diplomatic delicacies throughout this region, as evidenced above. —Preceding
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09:02, 3 June 2008 (UTC)reply
Intro
The intro is so POV and unsourced. Full of historical errors. It blatantly aims to push the view that Gorani are some magical Illyrian people that resisted the evil slavs and kept their customs, yet nonethelss adopted Slavic language and enjoyed good status in Slavic civilisation. And DNA shows they are of Albanian origin . Please - show me the evidence, show me these supposed DNA studies. Otherwise this artilce is a joke. Even Gorani themselves evoke a Slavic origin, but thuis is brushed off. What are they - in amnesia ? Gorani is a Slavic word after all. Whats more, the writer even suggests that the Bosniaks being Slavs is a unbeleiveable theory is even more laughable.
But the biggest joke of all is how the writer states that it was their Islamic religion which helped them resist the oppression of evil Serbs and Bulgarian back in the 12th century - the clueless writer clearly does not know that there was no Islam in Europe until the 15th century when the Turks came. Nor did the Bulgarian occupation of Kosovo last for "many centuries"- it was only from 850 till 1014. hardly long enough for Gorani to adopt Slavic tongue. Most of the time it was under Greek rule. Clearly they speak Slavic becuase they were Slavs to begin with. They then converted to Islam when the Turks came, and adopted a mixed Islamic-Slavic culture. The fact that the still recognise Christian holidays and saints is nothing unique to Albanians, but was practices by many newly-Islamicized balkan people: a form of crypto - Christianity.
HXseek,
You indicate that Islam, or Muslims, didn't arrive in Europe prior to the 15th century. Perhaps you need to re-read a bit of history outside those tedious volume sponsored by Beograd University. Muslims, as is quite common knowledge, occupied and built wonderful cities in Spain during the golden era of Islamic rule (the period of this rule, not specific to Europe, extending from the 8th to 13 centuries, basically up to ibn Khaldun).
Also, your extrapolations on the Goran vis-a-vis their ethnic origin seems equally as contrived as the POV intro you are deconstructing! Along with reducing, distorting, and/or ommitting historical fact, you are content to trade in tired orientalist platitudes of Muslim hordes invading the heartland of Christendom which signals an obvious prejudice via-a-vis Islam and Muslims. The irony is delicious. Serb and Bulgarian invasions into Goran and Albanian-ruled areas continued well into the 18th century, and into 19th and 20th centuries (i.e. Bosnia and Kosova!). The fact that the Goran and Albanians maintained a strong and vibrant Islamic culture seems to escape the kind of reductive and ideologically-driven analysis you are offering. That the Goran are denoted with a Slavic term does not sine qua non allude to their Serbian pedigree. Albania is not a name which Albanians use to denote one another, nor even their country. So, because it was coined by the Normans or Franks, then Albanians really are Norman or Frank?!
Please, do not make alterations to current national identities (i.e. Kosova and its flag), it is childish and does no service to your ancestors who, in the 6th and 7th centuries, were late arrivals to the region though permitted to settle by the locals (i.e. Goran and Albanians, i.e. Illyrians).
Ciao,
Januzi (in Serbia Junuzovic!) ahaha —Preceding
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Firstly I;m not Serbian. Secondly we are not talking about Spain here as its relevance to the Gorani region is nil. Yes, the Islamic invasion into Europe was just that - an invsaion. I;m not judging it - just stating facts. It seems that you are the one who is distorting facts. i suggest that you acquaint yourself with your amcestors - I mean real facts. Not the 1950s propaganda of "Illyrianism" constructed by the dictatorship in Albania. I know this might be hard to do for you, because there is little to nil recorded history of Albanians in medieval times.
Gorani's orientation with Albanians is primarily religion related, not neccessarily ethnicity related. But at the end of the day, everyone is mixed. Which i have made clear in my version. I agree that we can call the a Balkan ethnic group given the complexity of the situation. You cannot deny the intermixing of cultures - even your Albanian ancestors have some Slavic in them. I hope this does not disrupt your sleep :)
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01:35, 1 September 2008 (UTC)reply
We are not talking about Spain, we are talking about the emergence of Islam in Europe (as Christianity emerged in Europe several centuries prior - Christianity came from the east, too). And by way of this emergence, which in itself was a massive cultural and political thrush of fresh air and interjection of fresh ideas into "dark ages" and "medieval" Europe (which arguably did much to later prompt it into its ballyhooed "enlightenment" and associated periods, the contact with Islam and the Muslim empires of the east and south (i.e. Africa) were long ago mingling with the people of the Balkans. There are Syrian families in Albania whose ancestors extend back some 1200 years, and the interchange of Albanians into the "middle east" as traders, merchants and so forth had a very long tradition, however lacking the literary notation you correctly mention. My point is not to debate a priori legitimacy in the Balkans, nor the supposed purity of tribes and races though there seems to be substantial arguments in favor of this in northern Albania among particular tribes. The simple fact is that Albanians have always made use of the dominant languages of the day, while maintaining a steadfast adherence to their own ancient one. This is not unique to Albanians by any means. And so for the tribe labeled the Goran to speak Nasinske (itself a heady mix of Slavic, Albanian, Turkish, Arabic, Romanian and additional dialects - some Goran even note the inclusion of Farsi vocabulary) and this alone be used to justify their historical "Slavic" pedigree is about as cogent an argument as saying a Californian of European stock is actually Mexican, because he/she speaks Spanish! Anyway, agreed that the question is not an easy one, particularly in the case of Albania with the need for onamastic word juggling to divine origins, though Hoxha was not alone in his desire to "imagine an historical Albanian community, as the Slavs emanating from Russia outwards are traded in the eminently mythical and rhetorical notions of a pan-Slavic identity (this continues today, obviously, with Karadzic and so forth).
Dobor dan... ;) —Preceding
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02:01, 27 March 2009 (UTC)reply
Nationalistic POV- template
Please, dear macedonist RMK1, provide reliable refferences that this people are predominantly ethnic Macedonians in Albania, Kosovo and RoM. Thank you.
Jingby (
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06:13, 13 June 2009 (UTC)reply
Yes, PMK, you did not even once try to explain why do you add the template. Whether you like it or not Gorani are separate people. What would you say if I was to add the "Bulgarians" template to the article about ethnic Macedonians? Probably the same? You're actions are making me think to actually add ethnic Macedonians on the "Bulgarians" template since they are considered Bulgarians in Bulgaria. Quite fair, no?!--LaveolT12:42, 13 June 2009 (UTC)reply
A significant proportion of the Gorani people identify as ethnic Macedonians. They speak a local dialect of Macedonian and similar in respects to the
Macedonian Muslims, except these people inhabit the Gora region. There are ethnic Macedonian organisations such as the "Makedonska Goranska Zaednica". They print Macedonian language newspapers
[6],
[7]. Apparently 13,000 Gorani have also gained Macedonian citizenship?
[8]. However, it is clear the Jingby is trying to hold on to their "Bulgarianness", while Laveol is still trying to convice Wikipedia that the Pomaks/Torbesh/Gorani are a seperate ethnic Group. Jingiby this is your POV summed up in one article
[9].
PMK1 (
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14:29, 13 June 2009 (UTC)reply
You, obviously and that's nice enough. Now, would you quit the really funny jokes and start acting properly. This is so ORish that I can't believe even you try to prove it. Sorry, they are not ethnic Macedonians as ethnic Macedonians are not Bulgarians. You know, I can repeat your own argument, but for ethnic Macs - hmm, I won't do it, but you know what I mean. Plus, that matica or whatever is a really funny reading, supporting the view that ethnic Macedonians are the most numerous population on Earth (except maybe for Chinese). --LaveolT13:25, 14 June 2009 (UTC)reply
Yes, and? So what? What is your point?. Is it really necessary write what some Albanians call them in the second line? NO, it is not.
PMK1 (
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08:45, 19 June 2009 (UTC)reply
This is a fact. It is described as the only exonym of this people by several anthropological researches. This is all.
Jingby (
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08:54, 19 June 2009 (UTC)reply
This article is seriously biased. Regardless of the fact most Goranis consider their native language Serbian, or at least prefer to learn Serbian as the "literal language" if not folk, the table identifies Našinski with Bulgarian. That is Bulgarian-biased.
Since -^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Serbia and the self-proclaimed Republic of Kosovo. It declared independence on 17 February 2008, while Serbia claims it as part of its own sovereign territory. Its independence is recognized by 75 UN member states - and according to other examples I am reverting this edits
[11] to a stable version of the article. Since this is a controversial subject I don`t want to "step on anybody`s toes" :) but I believe this is the established version of the article(according to other examples I saw). If it is not the case, please inform me so I could know in the future. Edit summaries are in Serbian, which is understandable by me, but not to everybody, this is English wiki and the English language has precedence over any other. Greetings.
Adrian (
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06:54, 16 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Recent changes
The transition of Orthodox Gorani to Islam became more intensive under pressure, especially after the
Great Serb Migrations in 1690.
The Gora region comprises
Dragaš municipality in
Kosovo and
Shishtavec village in Albania.
For
Gora (region), there is a distinct article and more, the sentence was not correct - Shishtavec municipality in Albania, not only the village are included in Gora region. For Great Serb Migrations the added source was biased and the same source was used in several sentences deleted by me as really pro-Serbian view.
Jingiby (
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17:00, 26 May 2013 (UTC)reply
Thank you for your explanation. I respect your efforts to make this article NPOV so I will not insist on this matter although I think that it would be good to add to the lede of this article information about places which are populated by Gorani people. Although there is a distinct article about Gora region. If there are some other places with substantial Gorani population, besides Dragas and Shishtavec, those places can be also presented to the readers. --
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Gorani and Nasinci are not the same group of people. While Nasinci may have chosen to identify under that name for the census, we are different to the Gorani people.
As a Nasinec (of Nasinci decent), we speak, as mentioned Nasinksi. This is not identical to Gorani and does vary as do the other slavic languages. We follow the Islamic faith and the majority of us reside in the villages East of Prizren, spanning from Jabllanice to Gornje Selo. We do also have a population in Ljubizda and Grncare, though Novo Selo is Albanian.
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13:35, 7 October 2022 (UTC)reply
Please I ask you not to take this down! I have seen some mistakes! I tried to fix them all! First the Gorani are Muslim Croats! They lived there since the 18th century and identified as Croats! Croats also are genetically close to them
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19:43, 4 August 2023 (UTC)reply
As they live in the mountains, they are much more likely to be actually the oldest people of the region. Can you point to the research which shows that they're genetically Croats and not locals? --
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02:41, 24 October 2023 (UTC)reply