Akritas ( el, Ακρίτας, before 1955: Μπούφι – ''Boufi'', Macedonian: ''Буф''
) is a village in the
Florina Regional Unit in
West Macedonia
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,
Greece
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.
Demographics
Akritas had 190 inhabitants in 1981.
In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Akritas was populated by
Slavophones.
The
Macedonian language
Macedonian (; , , ) is an Eastern South Slavic language. It is part of the Indo-European language family, and is one of the Slavic languages, which are part of a larger Balto-Slavic branch. Spoken as a first language by around two million ...
was spoken in the village by people over 30 in public and private settings.
Children understood the language, but mostly did not use it.
[ Table 3: Akritas, 190; S, M2; S = Slavophones, M = macédonien"]
References
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Populated places in Florina (regional unit)
Florina