Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.5673/sip.59.1.5
Identity of Slovenes in Zagreb
Filip Škiljan
orcid.org/0000-0001-7979-1359
; Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, Zagreb, Croatia
Barbara Riman
; Institute for Ethnic Studies, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Abstract
The authors bring information about the preservation of the national identity of Slovenes
in Zagreb. According to the 2011 census, Slovenes in Zagreb number 2132 people, which
is about 1/5 of all Slovenes in Croatia. Today, the Slovenian national minority in Croatia is
the oldest national minority in Croatia. The average number of years according to the 2011
census was 59.7. This fact does not help Slovenian societies in Croatia, which have a very old
membership. Preservation of national identity among Slovenes in Croatia is present primarily
through the nurturing of the Slovene language, while the younger generations are more susceptible
to assimilation (especially those born in ethnically mixed marriages). The researchers
tried to see how much the narrators are still connected to Slovenia and how much the Slovenes
who visit the Slovene Home are connected to the Slovene society in Zagreb.
Keywords
Slovenes; Zagreb; identity; National Minorities; Croatian-Slovenian relations
Hrčak ID:
256737
URI
Publication date:
29.4.2021.
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