Prekmurje Slovenes
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Notable Prekmurje Slovenes József Borovnyák, Ferenc Ivanóczy, József Klekl the Old, Ágoston Pável, Miško Kranjec, Vilko Novak, Jožef Smej, Milan Kučan, Vlado Kreslin, Feri Lainšček |
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| Total population | |
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| (c.83-93,000+) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Prekmurje | c. 80-90,000 |
| Vendvidék | c. 3000 |
| Somogy | unknown |
| Languages | |
| Prekmurje Slovene, Slovene | |
| Religion | |
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Lutheran Roman Catholic some Calvinist |
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The Prekmurje Slovenes (Slovene: Prekmurci,Prekmürci, Prekmörci, Prekmörge) are Slovenes from Prekmurje in Slovenia and Vendvidék and Somogy in Hungary. The Prekmurje Slovenes speak the Prekmurje Slovene and have a common culture. The Hungarian Slovenes (Porabski Slovenci) and Somogy Slovenes also speak the Prekmurje Slovene.
Prekmurje Slovenes are descendants of the Slovenes of Lower Pannonia (Slovene Spodnja Panonija, Prekmurje dialect Spoudnja Panonija, Hungarian: Alsó-Pannónia), who in the 9th century were vassals of the Frankish Empire. The Magyars conquered Lower Pannonia in 900, and many of the Slovenes were assimilated. However, the Prekmurje Slovenes in the vicinity of the Mura River maintained their identity.
The language spoken by the Prekmurje Slovenes, in the absence of contacts with other Slovenes, began to diverge from the standard Slovene (Carniolan) dialect. Nevertheless, contacts were maintained with other Slovene areas such as Lower Styria, Maribor, and Ljutomer. In the Middle Ages the Bishopric of Győr applied the name "Tótság" to the Slovene parishes in Vas County and this name was later also applied to the Slovene areas in Zala county. At that time the Slovene territory extended to Burgenland and Őrség. In the 12th to 13th centuries a Slovene community lived near Szentgotthárd Abbey.
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