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Minority

Slovenes in Austria (Slovenes)

Description

The Carinthian Slovenes are the Slovenian minority who live in Austria. They came into existance after the fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire as a result of a referendum and the drawing of a new border in 1920.

Size of the minority

50.000 (Pan/ECRML) / 40.000 (Euromosaic) / 18.000 (Ethnologue)