Moravians

Moravians (Czech: Moravané or colloquially Moraváci, outdated Moravci) are a West Slavic ethnographic group from the Moravia region of the Czech Republic, who speak the Moravian dialects of Czech or Common Czech or a mixed form of both. Along with the Silesians of Czechia, a part of the population to identify ethnically as Moravian has registered in Czech censuses since 1991. The figure has fluctuated and in the 2011 census, 6.01%[3] of the Czech population declared Moravian as their ethnicity. Smaller pockets of persons declaring Moravian ethnicity are also native to neighboring Slovakia.

Moravians
Moravané
Moravian national costumes.jpg
Total population
634,183 (2011)
Regions with significant populations
 Czech Republic630,897 (2011)[1]
 Slovakia2,979 (2018)[2]
Languages
Czech (Moravian dialects), Silesian, Slovak
Religion
Roman Catholicism, Irreligion, Protestantism (Moravian Brethren, Czech Brethren, Church of Brethren), Anabaptism
Related ethnic groups
Czechs, Silesians, Slovaks and other West Slavs
Moravians on the map (War office, 1918)
  1. "SČÍTÁNÍ LIDU 2011 – K moravské národnosti se přihlásilo 630 897 lidí – Moravská národní obec – Za Moravu". 12 January 2012.
  2. "Bilancia podľa národnosti a pohlavia – SR-oblasť-kraj-okres, m–v [om7002rr]" (in slovenčina). Statistics of Slovakia. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  3. "Výstupní objekt VDB". vdb.czso.cz. Retrieved 5 February 2020.