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Albanians in Montenegro speak the Gheg Albanian dialect, namely the northwestern variant, while according to the 2011 Census, there are 32,671 native speakers of the Albanian language (or 5.27% of the population).
The vast majority (over 90%) of the population of Montenegro is of Slavic origin. Albanians make up 5 percent of the population (4.9% at the 2011 census), while there is also a small Romani minority (total 1.2% at the 2011 census). The Slavic population of Montenegro uses a large diversity in ethnic identities to describe their ethnicity.
The region is inhabited by an Albanian majority, divided between Catholicism and Islam, while a small Serb-Montenegrin community is present in some villages. The Albanian population ethnographically belongs to the Ghegs group. In Montenegro: Albanians - 7,839 (75.8%) Montenegrins - 823 (8.0%) Bosniaks - 627 (6.1%) Ethnic Muslims - 635 (6.1% ...
An Albanian school exists in Grilë along with a newly built Orthodox church that is without a priest. [12] According to Slavophone locals, the Orthodox population moved from Montenegro to Darragjat, due to blood feuds and later between 1935 and 1936, they relocated themselves to the Vraka area in places such as Grilë. [12]
Montenegro is not a traditionally Catholic country, as after the Great Schism of 1054 the Montenegrin Christians remained within the sphere of influence of the Church of Constantinople. There were 20,000 Catholics in Montenegro in 2020, and they formed 2.8% of the population. [1] Most Catholics are ethnic Albanians, Montenegrins and Croats.
Duklja, today's southern half of Montenegro, under Stefan Vojislav, was inhabited by Serbs. [1]Various documents listed that the inhabitants of Medieval Doclea or Zeta were Serbs, but also minor populations of Latins, Albanians and Vlachs.
On the eve of conflict between Montenegro and the Ottomans (1876–1878), a substantial Albanian population resided in the Sanjak of İşkodra. [3] In the Montenegrin-Ottoman war, the Montenegrin army managed to capture certain areas and settlements along the border, while encountering strong resistance from Albanians in Ulcinj, and a combined Albanian-Ottoman force in the Podgorica-Spuž and ...
This is a list of Albanians in Montenegro that includes both Montenegrin people of Albanian descent and Albanian immigrants that have resided in Montenegro. The list ...