Origin The origin of Šokci people is not completely clear. The prevalent opinion of modern scholars, based on etymology, is that they were Catholics who moved from the south, across the Sava from Bosnia, by the end of the Ottoman wars in Europe, as the Ottomans were retreating.Pšihistal, 2011, pp. 86–88 The Šokci in Baranja are considered to be descendants of settlers from a mass migration of Croats from an area near Srebrenica, Bosnia into the region after the Ottoman retreat in the 18th century.Hadžihusejnović-Valašek, 1993, p. 182 Šokci are considered to be an indigenous Croatian population of Slavonia and Vojvodina , which distinguishes them from the majority of the present-day population of these regions who are descendants of earlier settlers . The feeling of being indigenous rather than a settler is an important characteristic of the population.
Origin The origin of Šokci people is not completely clear. The prevalent opinion of modern scholars, based on etymology, is that they were Catholics who moved from the south, across the Sava from Bosnia, by the end of the Ottoman wars in Europe, as the Ottomans were retreating.Pšihistal, 2011, pp. 86–88 The Šokci in Baranja are considered to be descendants of settlers from a mass migration of Croats from an area near Srebrenica, Bosnia into the region after the Ottoman retreat in the 18th century.Hadžihusejnović-Valašek, 1993, p. 182 Šokci are considered to be an autochthonous population of Slavonia and Syrmia , which distinguishes them from the majority of the present-day population of these regions who are descendants of other settlements . The feeling of being indigenous rather than a settler is an important characteristic of the population.
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indigenous Croatian
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Vojvodina
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