Pomak

Japanese: Pomak
Pomak

...A good example would be the Bosnians who converted to Islam but spoke Serbian. It is generally said that the Ottoman Empire did not force people to convert to Islam, but there were Albanians, Greeks, and Bulgarians (who lived in the mountainous region of southern Bulgaria and were called Pomaks) who became Islamists, and there were Turks (Gagauz) who fled to the Dobruja region after being persecuted by the Sultan and converted to Christianity. Also, among the nomadic peoples of Macedonia, there are some who, like the Romanians, are said to be of Latin descent but whose mother tongue is Greek.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Pomak" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その好例が,イスラムに改宗しながら言語はセルビア語を話すボスニア人の場合であろう。一般にオスマン帝国はイスラムへの改宗を強要しなかったといわれるが,イスラム化したアルバニア人,ギリシア人,ブルガリア人(ブルガリア南部の山岳地方に住み,ポマクPomakと呼ばれている)はいたし,またスルタンに迫害されてドブロジャ地方へ逃れ,キリスト教に改宗したトルコ人(ガガウズ)もいた。またマケドニアの遊牧民の中には,ルーマニア人のようにラテンの血を引くとされながらギリシア語を母語とするものもある。…

※「Pomak」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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