Slovenes
Sign in to saveThe Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( ), are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria and Hungary. Slovenes share a common ancestry, culture, and history, and speak Slovene as their native language.
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The Slovenes are a South Slavic ethnic group whose homeland is Slovenia, though they also live in neighboring parts of Italy, Austria, and Hungary. They are united by a shared ancestry, culture, history, and the Slovene language, which is their native tongue.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Slovenes Slovenci
- Ethnic group.image
- Slovenes of the Gail Thal, in Holiday Costume, Carinthia.jpg
- Ethnic group.caption
- Slovene girls of the Gail Valley (Ziljska dolina) in holiday costume, Carinthia (1865)
- Ethnic group.population
- million
- Ethnic group.popplace
- 1,749,000
- Ethnic group.pop1
- 175,099–300,000
- Ethnic group.pop2
- 80,000
- Ethnic group.pop3
- 50,000
- Ethnic group.pop4
- 50,000
- Ethnic group.pop5
- 40,470–50,000
- Ethnic group.pop6
- 30,000
- Ethnic group.pop7
- 28,500 (est.)
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32 sectionsContents
- Population
- Population in Slovenia
- Population abroad
- Genetics
- History
- Early Alpine Slavs
- Alpine Slavs during the Frankish Empire
- 16th century: Slovene Protestant reformation and consolidation of Slovene
- 18th century: Slovenes under Maria Theresa and Joseph II
- Slovenes under Napoleon (1809–1813)
- 1840s: the first Slovene national political programme
- Emigration
- World War I
- Fascist Italianization of Littoral Slovenes
- World War II and aftermath
- Slovenes in Socialist Yugoslavia
- The Stalinist period
- The 1948 Tito–Stalin split and aftermath
- 1950s: heavy industrialization
- 1960s: self-management
- 1970s: years of Lead
- 1980s: towards independence
- Slovenes in independent Slovenia
- 1990s: Slovenian Spring, democracy and independence
- 2010s: Slovenian disillusionment with socio-economic elites
- Identity
- Language
- Religion
- Historiography
- See also
- Notes
- References
The Slovenes, also known as Slovenians ( ), are a South Slavic ethnic group native to Slovenia and adjacent regions in Italy, Austria and Hungary. Slovenes share a common ancestry, culture, and history, and speak Slovene as their native language.
Outside of Slovenia and Europe, Slovenes form diaspora groups in the United States, Canada, Argentina and Australia.