Boykolar
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The Boykos or Boikos (; ; ; ), or simply Highlanders (; ), are an ethnolinguistic group located in the Carpathian Mountains of Ukraine, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland. Along with the neighbouring Lemkos and Hutsuls, the Boykos are considered a sub-group of Rusyns and speak a distinct East Slavic dialect. Within Ukraine, the Boykos and other Rusyns are seen as a sub-group of ethnic Ukrainians. Boykos differ from their neighbors in dialect, dress, folk architecture, and customs.
Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Boykos
- Ethnic group.native_name
- бойки
- Ethnic group.image
- Boykos of Maniava.jpg
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Boyko family of Maniava, late 19th century
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 131 (2001)
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 258 (2011)
- Ethnic group.languages
- Boyko dialect of Rusyn or Ukrainian languageSlovak
- Ethnic group.religions
- Eastern Catholic, Orthodox Christianity
- Ethnic group.related
- Lemkos Hutsuls
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnic group
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- Commons category
- Boykos
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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