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'''Moravians''' (''Moravané'' or colloquially ''Moraváci'' in [[Czech language|Czech]]) are the modern [[West Slavs|West Slavic]] inhabitants of the historical land of [[Moravia]], the easternmost part of the [[Czech Republic]], which includes the [[Moravian Slovakia]]. They speak the two main groups of Moravian dialects (the Central and the Eastern), the transitional Bohemian-Moravian dialect subgroup and standard Czech. This is in question, the [[Moravian language]] is a distinct language or Czech dialect.<ref>Šustek, Zbyšek: Otázka kodifikace spisovného moravského jazyka. = Âzyki malye i bol’šie…In memoriam acad. Nikita I. Tolstoi. Red. A. D. Dulicenko (= Slavica Tartuensia IV). Tartu, Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus/Tartu University Press, 1998. 128–142. p.</ref><ref>[http://www.epa.hu/00400/00462/00011/2.htm Kisebbségkutatás 10. – Zoltán András: Irodalmi nyelv is lesz a morva?]</ref><ref>BLÁHA, Ondřej. Moravský jazykový separatismus: zdroje, cíle, slovanský kontext. In Studia Moravica. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis Facultas Philosophica - Moravica. Olomouc : UP v Olomouci, 2005. ISSN 1801-7061. Svazek III.</ref>
'''Moravians''' (''Moravané'' or colloquially ''Moraváci'' in [[Czech language|Czech]]) are the modern [[West Slavs|West Slavic]] inhabitants of the historical land of [[Moravia]], the easternmost part of the [[Czech Republic]], which includes the [[Moravian Slovakia]]. They speak the two main groups of Moravian dialects (the Central and the Eastern), the transitional Bohemian-Moravian dialect subgroup and standard Czech. There are attempts by some Moravian individuals and organizations to create a distinct "[[Moravian language]]".<ref>BLÁHA, Ondřej. Moravský jazykový separatismus: zdroje, cíle, slovanský kontext. In Studia Moravica. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis Facultas Philosophica - Moravica. Olomouc : UP v Olomouci, 2005. ISSN 1801-7061. Svazek III.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpravy.idnes.cz/amatersky-jazykovedec-prosazuje-moravstinu-jako-novy-jazyk-ptp-/domaci.aspx?c=A081230_134715_domaci_ban|title=Amatérský jazykovědec prosazuje moravštinu jako nový jazyk|last=Kolínková |first=Eliška |date=30 December 2008|work=Mladá fronta DNES|publisher=iDnes|accessdate=7 December 2011}} {{cs icon}}</ref> So is question if the [[Moravian language]] is a distinct new born language or Czech dialect.<ref>Šustek, Zbyšek: Otázka kodifikace spisovného moravského jazyka. = Âzyki malye i bol’šie…In memoriam acad. Nikita I. Tolstoi. Red. A. D. Dulicenko (= Slavica Tartuensia IV). Tartu, Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus/Tartu University Press, 1998. 128–142. p.</ref><ref>[http://www.epa.hu/00400/00462/00011/2.htm Kisebbségkutatás 10. – Zoltán András: Irodalmi nyelv is lesz a morva?]</ref>


Moravian nationality was declared for the first time in the population census of 1991. After the [[Velvet Revolution]] a strong political movement to reinstate the Moravian-Silesian land (''země Moravskoslezská'' in Czech, having been one of the four lands of Czechoslovakia between 1928 and 1949) was active in Moravia. Accordingly, the so far united Czech nationality was split in line with the historical division of the [[Czech Republic]] into [[Bohemia]], Moravia and [[Czech Silesia]] (the ''[[Czech lands]]''). Part of the Czech speaking inhabitants of Moravia declared Moravian nationality and part of the Czech speaking inhabitants of Czech Silesia declared Silesian nationality.
Moravian nationality was declared for the first time in the population census of 1991. After the [[Velvet Revolution]] a strong political movement to reinstate the Moravian-Silesian land (''země Moravskoslezská'' in Czech, having been one of the four lands of Czechoslovakia between 1928 and 1949) was active in Moravia. Accordingly, the so far united Czech nationality was split in line with the historical division of the [[Czech Republic]] into [[Bohemia]], Moravia and [[Czech Silesia]] (the ''[[Czech lands]]''). Part of the Czech speaking inhabitants of Moravia declared Moravian nationality and part of the Czech speaking inhabitants of Czech Silesia declared Silesian nationality.

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This article deals with the modern national/ethnic group. For other meanings see Moravian.
Moravians
Moravané
Regions with significant populations
 Czech Republic522,474 (2011)
 Slovakia3,286 (2011)[1]
Languages
Czech
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Atheism
Related ethnic groups
Czechs, Silesians, Slovaks and other Slavic peoples

Moravians (Moravané or colloquially Moraváci in Czech) are the modern West Slavic inhabitants of the historical land of Moravia, the easternmost part of the Czech Republic, which includes the Moravian Slovakia. They speak the two main groups of Moravian dialects (the Central and the Eastern), the transitional Bohemian-Moravian dialect subgroup and standard Czech. There are attempts by some Moravian individuals and organizations to create a distinct "Moravian language".[2][3] So is question if the Moravian language is a distinct new born language or Czech dialect.[4][5]

Moravian nationality was declared for the first time in the population census of 1991. After the Velvet Revolution a strong political movement to reinstate the Moravian-Silesian land (země Moravskoslezská in Czech, having been one of the four lands of Czechoslovakia between 1928 and 1949) was active in Moravia. Accordingly, the so far united Czech nationality was split in line with the historical division of the Czech Republic into Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia (the Czech lands). Part of the Czech speaking inhabitants of Moravia declared Moravian nationality and part of the Czech speaking inhabitants of Czech Silesia declared Silesian nationality.

1,363,000 citizens of the Czech Republic declared Moravian nationality in 1991. However, the number dropped to 380,474 in the 2001 census – many persons previously declaring themselves as Moravians declared themselves again as Czechs in this census. In 2011, the number increased again to 522,474. The strongest sense of patriotism towards Moravia is forming around Brno, the former capital of Moravia.

  • Historical Moravia on the map of the Czech Republic
    Historical Moravia on the map of the Czech Republic
  • Census 1991 – Moravian nationality (in Moravia, Czech Silesia and adjacent areas of Bohemia)
    Census 1991 – Moravian nationality (in Moravia, Czech Silesia and adjacent areas of Bohemia)
  • Census 2001 – Moravian nationality (in Moravia, Czech Silesia and adjacent areas of Bohemia)
    Census 2001 – Moravian nationality (in Moravia, Czech Silesia and adjacent areas of Bohemia)
  • Census 2011 – Moravian nationality (in Moravia, Czech Silesia and adjacent areas of Bohemia)
    Census 2011 – Moravian nationality (in Moravia, Czech Silesia and adjacent areas of Bohemia)

For far-off historical reasons, both the Czech expression for a Czech and that for a Bohemian are the same (Čech). Then theoretically it may not be clear which category is meant. This leads some people (politicians, etc.) to address Bohemians, Moravians and sometimes even Silesians in their speeches.

Southern and central Moravia is more religious than northern part and as a whole has more worshippers than Bohemia or Czech Silesia. Because of it Moravia is a bastion of the Roman Catholic Church and the Christian democrats.

Only in the first years after the Velvet Revolution in 1989 did a few Moravian political parties seem to be able to gain some success in elections. However they lost much of their strength around the time of the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993 when Czechoslovakia peacefully split into the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic.

References

  1. ^ http://portal.statistics.sk/files/tab.11.pdf
  2. ^ BLÁHA, Ondřej. Moravský jazykový separatismus: zdroje, cíle, slovanský kontext. In Studia Moravica. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis Facultas Philosophica - Moravica. Olomouc : UP v Olomouci, 2005. ISSN 1801-7061. Svazek III.
  3. ^ Kolínková, Eliška (30 December 2008). "Amatérský jazykovědec prosazuje moravštinu jako nový jazyk". Mladá fronta DNES. iDnes. Retrieved 7 December 2011. Template:Cs icon
  4. ^ Šustek, Zbyšek: Otázka kodifikace spisovného moravského jazyka. = Âzyki malye i bol’šie…In memoriam acad. Nikita I. Tolstoi. Red. A. D. Dulicenko (= Slavica Tartuensia IV). Tartu, Tartu Ülikooli Kirjastus/Tartu University Press, 1998. 128–142. p.
  5. ^ Kisebbségkutatás 10. – Zoltán András: Irodalmi nyelv is lesz a morva?

See also

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