Huma, North Macedonia

Huma
Ума or Хума (Macedonian)
Umă or Uma (Megleno Romanian)
Village
View of the entrance to the village
Huma
Location within North Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°11′9″N 22°19′35″E / 41.18583°N 22.32639°E / 41.18583; 22.32639
Country North Macedonia
Region Southeastern
Municipality Gevgelija
Population
 (2021)
 • Total
4
Demonymsumineț (sg. and pl.; in Megleno-Romanian)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Huma (Macedonian: Ума or Хума; Megleno Romanian: Umă[1][2] or Uma[1]) is a village located in the Gevgelija municipality of North Macedonia. It is only a few kilometres from the border with Greece.[3]

History

Huma was razed during World War I. During Bulgaria's occupation of Serbia in the war, the Megleno-Romanians of Huma were deported to occupied Aleksinac.[4]

Demographics

As of 2021, the village of Huma has 4 inhabitants and the ethnic composition was the following:[5]

Huma remained the only Megleno-Romanian village in modern North Macedonia following the Slavicisation of Konsko (Coinsco or Conițca) and Sermenin (Sirminină or Sirminina), previously also Megleno-Romanian villages in which, by the end of the 19th century, Megleno-Romanian was no longer spoken.[4] The demonym for Huma in Megleno-Romanian in both singular and plural is umineț.[1]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b c Berciu Drăghicescu, Adina, ed. (2012). Aromâni, meglenoromâni, istroromâni – aspecte identitare și culturale (PDF) (in Romanian). Editura Universității din București. ISBN 978-606-16-0148-6.
  2. ^ Friedman, Victor A. (2009). "The Diffusion of Macedonian Inflections into Megleno-Romanian: A Reconsideration of the Evidence" (PDF). In Franks, Steven; Chidambaram, Vrinda; Joseph, Brian (eds.). A Linguist's Linguist: Studies in South Slavic Linguistics in Honor of E. Wayles Brown. Slavica Publishers. p. 230. ISBN 9780893578640.
  3. ^ "Huma". makedonija.name. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b Minov, Nikola (2024). "Forgotten Voices: Aromanians in Macedonia (1900–1941)" (PDF). In Slavković Mirić, Božica; Omerović, Enes S. (eds.). Lost in the Kaleidoscope: National Minorities in Yugoslavia. Institute for Recent History of Serbia. pp. 189–248. doi:10.31212/minorities.2024.28.min.189-248. ISBN 978-86-7005-198-0.
  5. ^ "Archived". makstat.stat.gov.mk. Archived from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.