Janjevci

Janjevci
Janjevët or Kroatët e Kosovës (Albanian)
Janjevci or Kosovski Hrvati (Croatian)
Town of Janjevo, the traditional centre of this community
Total population
Unknown
Regions with significant populations
 Kosovo: ca. 400 people (2011)
 Croatia: ca. 966 families (2002 est.)
Languages
Janjevo-Lepenica idiom of Croatian
(Prizren-Timok dialect)
Albanian
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Related ethnic groups
Croats

Janjevci (pronounced [ˈjaːɲeʋtsi], Albanian: Janjevët, Croatian: Janjevci), Kosovo Croats (Albanian: Kroatët e Kosovës, Croatian: Kosovski Hrvati) or Janjevci Croats (Croatian: Janjevski Hrvati) are a Croat community in Kosovo, inhabiting the town of Janjevo and surrounding villages near Pristina, as well as villages centered on Letnica near Vitia (Šašare, Vrnez, and Vrnavokolo), who are also known as Letničani. They are not officially recognised as a national minority group.

They are considered among the oldest of the Croatian diaspora communities.

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