The southern balkans..."Slavic"?

[riverman]

Are the southern balkanites actually "Slavic"?, or is it just a linguistic term being construed into an ethnic one?

No trolling on this thread, thanx.

[Crn Volk]

Are the southern balkanites actually "Slavic"?, or is it just a linguistic term being construed into an ethnic one?

No trolling on this thread, thanx.

If you mean Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria as 'southern balkanites' then, yes we are all Slavic nations. Linguistically we are Slavic, with some non-Slavic influence in our languages. From a genetic perspective, we are part Slavic. In Serbia, the Slavic element is probably stronger than in Macedonia and Bulgaria. Serbs are essentially are mixture of Slav and Illyrian bloodlines. Macedonians are a mixture of Slav and Thraco-Illyrian/ancient Macedonian stock, and Bulgarians are a mixture of Slav, Thracian and proto-Bulgar bloodlines.

[riverman]

If you mean Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria as 'southern balkanites' then, yes we are all Slavic nations. Linguistically we are Slavic, with some non-Slavic influence in our languages. From a genetic perspective, we are part Slavic. In Serbia, the Slavic element is probably stronger than in Macedonia and Bulgaria. Serbs are essentially are mixture of Slav and Illyrian bloodlines. Macedonians are a mixture of Slav and Thraco-Illyrian/ancient Macedonian stock, and Bulgarians are a mixture of Slav, Thracian and proto-Bulgar bloodlines.

o.k...What's your take on rumanians?
Also, how do you think the slavic nations group together? By geography? Religion? Ethnicity?

[Crn Volk]

o.k...What's your take on rumanians?
Also, how do you think the slavic nations group together? By geography? Religion? Ethnicity?

Romanians are not a Slavic nation linguistically, but they do have Slavic influence on both their language and bloodlines, much like Hungarians.
Slavic nations are grouped linguistically, much like Germanic, Celtic and Romance nations.

[riverman]

Romanians are not a Slavic nation linguistically, but they do have Slavic influence on both their language and bloodlines, much like Hungarians.
Slavic nations are grouped linguistically, much like Germanic, Celtic and Romance nations.

O.k., thanks for your input.

[Ianus]

Slavic is an ethnic and linguistic term, not racial.

[Twistedmind]

Southern Balkans is Greece. Serbia, Croatia Bosnia, Macedonia and Albania are Western Balkans. Bulgaria is Eastern Balkans. No Southern Balkans are not Slavic, it has no any kind of sense whatsoever. If you add Albania to Southern Balkans, you could say East and West are Slavic. But in any sense I repeat: Southern Balkans is not Slavic, culturaly, genneticaly, ethnicaly, phenotipicaly...

[alb0zfinest]

If you mean Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria as 'southern balkanites' then, yes we are all Slavic nations. Linguistically we are Slavic, with some non-Slavic influence in our languages. From a genetic perspective, we are part Slavic. In Serbia, the Slavic element is probably stronger than in Macedonia and Bulgaria. Serbs are essentially are mixture of Slav and Illyrian bloodlines. Macedonians are a mixture of Slav and Thraco-Illyrian/ancient Macedonian stock, and Bulgarians are a mixture of Slav, Thracian and proto-Bulgar bloodlines.

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[armenianbodyhair]

:D

To deny it would be kind of foolish. Even if you believe that Albanians are the descendants it's just naive to think that Illyrians somehow knew the future and based their relationships on that only. I am pretty sure that a lot of people in the Balkans have Illyrian admix.

[riverman]

To deny it would be kind of foolish. Even if you believe that Albanians are the descendants it's just naive to think that Illyrians somehow knew the future and based their relationships on that only. I am pretty sure that a lot of people in the Balkans have Illyrian admix.

Usually the modern populations of areas are admixed with the groups that lived there previously.