South Slavic tribes

thumb|right|250px|Map of the Peloponnese during the Middle Ages. The Melingoi or Milingoi () were a Slavic tribe that settled in the Peloponnese in southern Greece during the Middle Ages. In the early decades of the 7th century, Slavic tribes (Sclaveni) settled throughout the Balkans following the collapse of the Byzantine Empire's defense of the Danube frontier with some groups reaching as far south as the Peloponnese. The Sclaveni often settled in small groups (i.e., families and clans) and their demographic impact in mainland Greece was both weak and diffuse. Of these, two groups are known

The ''''' (in Latin) or ''''' (various forms in Greek) were early Slavic tribes that raided, invaded and settled in the Balkans in the Early Middle Ages and eventually became one of the progenitors of modern South Slavs. They were mentioned by early Byzantine chroniclers as barbarians having appeared at the Byzantine borders along with the Antes (East Slavs), another Slavic group. The Sclaveni were differentiated from the Antes and Wends (West Slavs); however, they were described as kin. Eventually, most South Slavic tribes accepted Byzantine or Frankish suzerainty, and came under their cultur

union of tribes in the Danubian Plain, that took part in the formation of the First Bulgarian Empire together with the Bulgars in 680-681

thumb|Carantanian Prince sitting on the Prince's Stone Carantanians (, ) were a Slavic people of the Early Middle Ages (Latin: , or "Slavs called Carantanians"), living in the principality of Carantania, later known as Carinthia, which covered present-day southern Austria and parts of Slovenia. They are considered ancestors of modern Slovenes, particularly Carinthian Slovenes.

thumb|Lika region, where the Guduscans may have lived

thumb|The location of the Braničevci during the reign of Khan Krum of the [[First Bulgarian Empire.]]

Panonian Slavic people

thumb|220px|right|Early medieval Slavic tribes in Southeastern Europe