my reply rjecina calm down please read my postings carefully i have never said that vlahs did not exist your comments are ludacris and off topic zenanarh thanks for the reply i have read the link that you have posted about the term vlah the website is called g d bosnia and bosniaks so i took all of the information describing serbs with a grain of salt i did enjoy reading the article it definietly had a lot of information that could be incorporated into the article if there is another source backing it up i have two major concerns firstly the article concentrates on the bosnian side vlah's and not the croatian side the article is serbs of croatia not serbs of bosnia secondly the article concludes with when one hears russian politicians talking about the need to defend their ancient slav brothers in bosnia that the one component of the bosnian population which has a large and identifiable element of non slav ancestry is the bosnian serbs i do not know how accurate the article is because of the last statement in my opinion it leans towards the muslim side also inside the article there is a mention that serbian scholars identify the term vlah with shepards irrespectively i think the article link was a great contribution after reading the article the bosnian vlah's were settled by ottomans conversely croatian side vlah's escaped ottoman prosecution this was a mistake in serbs of croatia article which stated that vlah's were settled by the ottomans in croatia