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Bulgarians ((ルーマニア語、モルドバ語():bulgari)) are a recognized minority in Romania ((ブルガリア語:Румъния), ''Rumaniya''), numbering 8,025 according to the 2002 Romanian census, down from 9,851 in 1992. Despite their low census number today, Bulgarians from different confessional and regional backgrounds have had ethnic communities in various regions of Romania, and during the Middle Ages Bulgarian culture has exerted considerable influence on its northern neighbour . According to one estimate, Romanian citizens of Bulgarian origin number around 250,000.〔Павлов.〕 Historically, Bulgarian communities in modern Romania have existed in Wallachia ((ブルガリア語:Влашко), transliterated: ''Vlashko''), Northern Dobruja ((ブルガリア語:Северна Добруджа), translit. ''Severna Dobrudzha'') and Transylvania ((ブルガリア語:Седмиградско), translit. ''Sedmigradsko''). Currently, however, the Bulgarian community in present-day Romania that has retained most efficiently its numbers, social integrity and strong ethnic identity is that of the Banat Bulgarians, a Roman Catholic minority in the Banat who account for the bulk of the Bulgarian-identifying population of Romania. In Wallachia, they are only few Bulgarians who preserved their national identity, though the numbers of those who speak Bulgarian and affirm to have Bulgarian ancestors is still high. The Torlak-speaking Roman Catholic Krashovani are also sometimes considered of Bulgarian origin, but to have lost their Bulgarian identity in favour of the Croatian. In Austria-Hungary, they were regarded as Bulgarians.〔Die österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild, Vienna 1902〕〔:File:Austria-Hungary (ethnic).JPG〕 The population of undisputed Bulgarian origin aside, Bulgarian researchers also claim that the Hungarian minority of the Székely in central Romania is of Magyarized Bulgar (Proto-Bulgarian) origin〔 and the Şchei of Transylvania were Romanianized Bulgarians〔 (a view also supported by Lyubomir Miletich and accepted by Romanian writers). ==Names== While the modern Romanian word for Bulgarians is "''bulgari''", throughout the history they have been known by other names. The old Bulgarian population—which existed in Romania by the time of the founding of the principality of Wallachia and the inclusion of Transylvania in the Hungarian Kingdom—was referred as ''Şchei''. This word, currently obsolete, derives from the Latin word ''sclavis'', referring to all South Slavs. Currently, the word appears in many place names in Wallachia and Transylvania, among which, Şcheii Braşovului, a neighborhood of Braşov. The Bulgarians who migrated during the 19th century were known as ''sârbi'' (Serbians). This word may have been used by Romanians to refer to all South Slavs,〔Нягулов, p. 56, note 47.〕 but it has also been proposed that they used this ethnic identification to prevent the Ottomans from demanding the Wallachian authorities to return the refugees to their place of origin.〔Anton Manea ''Breştea, 150 de ani, monografie'', Ed. Helicon, Timişoara, 1997; reprinted in (''Gândul literar'', Aprilie 2007 )〕 Even today, the Bulgarians from Wallachia are called "sârbi" (=Serbians) though they speak Bulgarian and define themselves as "bulgari" (=Bulgarians).〔http://www.bulgarii.ro/istoric.php〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bulgarians in Romania」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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