Mauro guardians
The Mauro Wallachians (also Maurowlachen , Morlaken , Mavrowlachen , Italian also Morlacchi ) are a Romance ethnic group that lived in the coastal areas of Bosnia , Croatia and Montenegro . Most of the Morlaks were assimilated by the surrounding Slavs during the Middle Ages. Only the Istrian Romanians remained .
Even today some of the Croatians and Serbs of Bosnia are referred to as Wlachen ( Serbo-Croatian Vlaje , Vlasi ), but today this term is primarily used as a national abuse to discredit the respective ethnic group, as this term also means "shepherd" in some Balkan regions.
Web links
- European Network for Danubian Studies and Cultural Actions - MAURO-VALACHICA
- Palaiovlachoi - Stari Vlah. Medieval Balkan History and Toponymy ( Memento from December 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )