Montenegrins
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 460,000 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 Montenegro 278,865
|
|
 United States
|
40,000 (2014) |
 Serbia
|
38,527 (2011) |
 Argentina
|
30,000 (2001) |
 Germany
|
25–30,000 |
 Luxembourg
|
12,000 (2001) |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
10,071 (1991) |
 Chile
|
7,000 (2015) |
 Croatia
|
4,517 (2011) |
 Canada
|
2,970 (2011) |
 Macedonia
|
2,686 (2002) |
 Slovenia
|
2,667 (2002) |
 Australia
|
1,171 (2006) |
 Albania
|
366 (2011) |
| Languages | |
|
Montenegrin, Serbian (Serbo-Croatian) |
|
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy, with a Catholic and Muslim minority | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Other South Slavs, especially Serbs | |
|
a The total figure is merely a sum of all the referenced populations listed. |
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Montenegrins (Montenegrin: Црногорци/Crnogorci, pronounced [tsr̩nǒɡoːrtsi] or [tsr̩noɡǒːrtsi]) are a nation and South Slavic ethnic group native to Montenegro. Migrant communities exist in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, United States, Argentina, Germany, Luxembourg, Chile, Canada, and Australia.
Slavs have lived in the area of Montenegro since the 6th and 7th centuries in the medieval state of Doclea. Montenegro (Montenegrin: Crna Gora) got its present name during the rule of the Crnojević dynasty. After the Christmas Uprising (1919), which saw fighting between the pro-Petrovic guerrillas and the Karadjordjevic troops, supporters of Montenegrin king Nicholas I expressed opposition to unification with Serbia because it meant total disappearance of Montenegro, their leader Krsto Zrnov Popovic wanted to unify, but under the rule of king Nicholas I. After World War II, many Serbs of Montenegro began to identify themselves as Montenegrins. Following the collapse of Communism in Yugoslavia, however, some Montenegrins began to declare as Serbs again, while the largest proportion of citizens of Montenegro still preserved their Montenegrin self-identification. This has deepened further since the movement for full Montenegrin independence from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia began to gain ground in 1991, and ultimately narrowly succeeded in the referendum of May 2006 (having been rejected in 1992).
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