Csángós

Csángós
Csángók
Flag adopted by the Csángó Council[1]
Total population
1,536 (self-declared, 2011 census)[2]
6,471 Hungarians in Moldavia[3]
(4,208 in Bacău county, 2011 census)[4]
60,000–70,000 Csángó speakers (2001 estimate)[5]
Regions with significant populations
Romania (mostly Moldavia, especially Csángó Land), Hungary (Tolna)
Languages
Romanian (most ethnic Csángós are monolingual Romanian speakers)[6] and the Csángó dialect of Hungarian[7][8]
Religion
Roman Catholic (majority)
Related ethnic groups
Hungarians, Székelys, Romanians

The Csángós (Hungarian: Csángók; Romanian: Ceangăi) are ethnic Hungarians living mostly in the Romanian region of Moldavia, especially in Bacău County. The region where the Csángós live in Moldavia is known as Csángó Land. Their traditional language, Csángó, a Hungarian dialect, is currently used by only a minority of the Csángó population group.[6] The majority belong to the Roman Catholic faith, influenced by Orthodox rites.

Some Csángós also live in Transylvania (around the Ghimeș-Palanca Pass and in the so-called Seven Villages)[9] and in the village of Oituz in Northern Dobruja.[10]

  1. ^ Székely, Blanka (25 July 2019). "New flag and coat of arms fuels Csango national identity". Transylvania Now.
  2. ^ "Populația stabilă după etnie – județe, municipii, orașe, comune". Institutul Național de Statistică.
  3. ^ "Center for Documentation and Information on Minorities in Europe – Southeast Europe (CEDIMSE-SE) : Minorities in Southeast Europe" (PDF). Edrc.ro. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
  4. ^ https://bacau.insse.ro/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/RPL_2011_Structura_demografica_etnica_confesionala.pdf
  5. ^ "Csango minority culture in Romania". December 17, 2005. Archived from the original on 2005-12-17.
  6. ^ a b Klára Sándor (January 2000). "National feeling or responsibility: The case of the Csángó language revitalization" (PDF). Multilingua. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
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  9. ^ Antal, Aubert; János, Csapó (2006). "A Kárpát-medence magyar vonatkozású etnikai-történeti tájegységei" (PDF) (in Hungarian). Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences of the University of Pécs: 1–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-05-16. Retrieved 2021-09-15. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. ^ Iancu, Mariana (25 April 2018). "Fascinanta poveste a ceangăilor care au ridicat un sat în pustiul dobrogean stăpânit de șerpi: "Veneau coloniști și ne furau tot, până și lanțul de la fântână"". Adevărul (in Romanian).