0
Easy man, I didn't mean Slavs in the pure sense but in a wider ethno-linguistic identity kind of way. Why you get so triggered over that? Are you like Bosniensis who prefers to be as native as possible to the region? Do you guys really claim descent from Alexander's people? I have only seen such people on forums like this but in real life South Slavs did not seem to have many disputes over identity. It is interesting stuff however. I will agree that Fyrom is among the most native of the S. Slav countries, but they are also similar to Bulgaria are they not?
Also when you consider the population sizes and geographic extent of our two countries, it is not surprising that there may be more Slavic influence in some parts for us. But Romania is much bigger than any other Balkan country, and can be quite diverse (the northern part is not really even strictly Balkan but more central Europe). I personally have quite little but others may have more. There are around 26 million Romanians in the world compared to about 2.5 million Macedonians. So it would not surprise me if the number of native Balkan type Romanians is at least equal to that number in Fyrom, if not more (speaking purely numeric overall not percent). With a bigger population comes more diverse types, and we have strong regional differences too... I have seen a few Polish looking Macedonians too but sure that is certainly not the most common type. So I agree with you mostly! But I can see why Greece does not like the name chosen for the country either.
I am interested in learning more about the Aromanian presence; I have heard that it influence the local Macedonian dialect or vice-versa
What I do not agree with is a lot of the stuff in this thread. These people are trying to be provocative.
Bookmarks