Back غوراني Arabic گوران (اوروپا) AZB Гараны (народ) Byelorussian Горанцы BE-X-OLD Горани Bulgarian Goranci BS Goranis Catalan Gorani (národ) Czech Goranen German Γκοράνοι Greek
 Gorani inhabited area (green) in Albania, Kosovo and North Macedonia | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| around 20,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Kosovo | 9,140 (2024 census)[1] |
 Serbia | 7,700 (2022 census)[2] |
 North Macedonia | 148 (2021 census)[3] |
 Albania | Unknown |
 Croatia | 428 (2011 census)[4] |
 Montenegro | 197 (2011 census)[5] |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24 (2013 census)[6] |
| Languages | |
| Goranski (Našinski) Albanian Macedonian Serbian | |
| Religion | |
| Sunni Islam | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Bosniaks, Pomaks, Torbeši,[7][8][9][10] Bulgarians, Macedonians, Serbs | |
The Gorani ([ɡɔ̌rani], Cyrillic: Горани) or Goranci ([ɡɔrǎːntsi], Cyrillic: Горанци), are a Slavic ethnic group inhabiting the Gora region, the triangle between Kosovo, Albania, and North Macedonia. They number an estimated 20,000 people and speak a transitional South Slavic dialect called Goranski. The vast majority of the Gorani people adhere to Sunni Islam.[11]
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- ^ ETHNICITY: Data by municipalities and cities (PDF). Belgrade: Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. 2023. ISBN 978-86-6161-228-2.
- ^ "1. Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in the Republic of North Macedonia, 2021 - first dataset" (PDF). State Statistical Office of North Macedonia. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "1. Population by ethnicity - detailed classification, 2011 census". Statistics of Croatia. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Table CG5. Population by ethnicity and religion". Montenegrin Office of Statistics. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "1. Stanovništvo prema etničkoj/nacionalnoj pripadnosti - detaljna klasifikacija". Retrieved 28 December 2017.
- ^ The Palgrave Handbook of Slavic Languages, Identities and Borders. Palgrave. 29 April 2016. ISBN 9781137348395. Retrieved 15 April 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Goranis want to join community of Serb municipalities". B92. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Gorani decide against forming minority council". B92. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
- ^ "Slow exodus threatens Kosovo's mountain Gorani". Reuters. Reuters. 11 February 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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