The Pomaks
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A state in western Thrace was also established in 1913, although I haven't looked into the exact reasons as of yet. Going off its flag my guess is that the local Islamic (including Pomak) population was trying to avoid being carved up by Greece and Bulgaria at the Treaty of Bucharest.Attached Files
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Flag of the Tamrash RepublicLast edited by Liberator of Makedonija; 02-11-2018, 08:41 AM.
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The Pomak vernacular differs quite substantially from Standard Bulgarian with a lot more influence from Greek and Turkish. Danish linguist Holger Pedersen pointed-out in 1907 the similar grammatical forms between Pomak and Armenian.
A 1935 Turkish census saw 3,381 people in Thrace declare their native language as Bulgarian, whilst a much larger 18,382 people delcared their native language Pomak.
Bellow is a wordlist comparing English and the Rhodope Pomak dialect.
Hello Dobar den (Formal), Zdravej (Informal)
I am Pomak/Bulgarian/Bulgarian Muslim (man) Je sam Pomak/Balgarin/Balgarski Mohamedanin
I speak bulgarian Je lafim balgarcko
How are you? Kak si?
Thank you Blagodarja
Good day Dobar den
Children Detine
This chair Aisos skemle
That auntie Ainos lelka
Ibrahim is my uncle Ibrahim e moj amiđa
Hatiđa is my sister Hatiđa e moja sestra
My father Mojet bubajko
What are you doing? Kina rabutaš?
I knew Je znajeh
Do you know? Znaješ li ti?
He was a good man Toj beše dobar čilak
I am from Xanthi Je sam ot Skeča
One woman from the new village Enna žena ot novoto selo
One day and one night Edin den i enna nošt
Last year Lani
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The Pomaks
Starting this thread for any relevant information or discussion on the Pomaks. A Slavophone Muslim minority primarily living in Thrace.
In Bulgaria they are classified as 'Bulgarian Muslims' and the state has attempted to assimiliate them numerous times over the years, often under the arguement they're ancestors were Christian Bulgarian that converted to Islam.
In Greece the general belief is that they are "Slavicized" Greek Muslims.
Upton the establishment of Eastern Rumelia in 1878, the Pomaks of the Tamrash region established their own indepdent republic in opposition to rule by the new autonomous Christian government. The state independently functioned until the Bulgarian annexation of the region (along with Eastern Rumelia) in 1886.
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