South Slavs
The South Slavs are the Slavic peoples living in south-eastern Europe in the Balkans region. Since the 10th century, they have lived separated from the West and East Slavs by Germans, Magyars and Romanians.[1] The South Slavs are also called Balkan Slavs.[2]
South Slavs Media
Countries where a South Slavic language is the national language*
A map of geographical extension of dialects of languages that belong into South Slavic group (Slovene, Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian)
Admixture analysis of autosomal SNPs of the Balkan region in a global context on the resolution level of 7 assumed ancestral populations: the African (brown), South/West European (light blue), Asian (yellow), Middle Eastern (orange), South Asian (green), North/East European (dark blue) and beige Caucasus component
Autosomal analysis presenting the historical contribution of different donor groups in some European populations. Polish sample was selected to represent the Slavic influence, and it is suggesting a strong and early impact in Greece (30-37%), Romania (48-57%), Bulgaria (55-59%), and Hungary (54-84%).
