Omaraj

{{Infobox settlement AL |type = v |official_name = Omaraj |other_name = Omara |image_flag = |image_shield = |image_skyline = |image_caption = |image_location = |county = Shkodër |municipality = Malësi e Madhe |municunit = Gruemirë |leader_name = |leader_party = |coordinates = {{coord|42|8|46|N|19|29|16|E|type:adm1st_region:AL_dim:100000|display=inline,title}} |elevation = |elevation_min = |elevation_max = |area_total = |population_as_of = |population_total = |postal_code = |area_code = |car_plates = |website = }} '''Omaraj''' (also known as '''Omarë''', {{langx|sr|'''Омара'''}}) is a settlement in the former Gruemirë municipality in Shkodër County, northern Albania.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=Omaraj&country=AL|access-date=26 August 2010|title=Location of Omaraj}}</ref> At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Malësi e Madhe.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6374–6375|access-date=25 February 2022 }}</ref>

== Demographics == During the early 2010s, the linguists Klaus Steinke and Xhelal Ylli, seeking to corroborate villages cited in past literature as being Slavic-speaking, carried out fieldwork in settlements of the area. Omaraj in the Shkodër area is one of a number of villages with a Slavophone population that speaks a Montenegrin dialect.<ref name="Steinke9">{{cite book|last1=Steinke|first1=Klaus|last2=Ylli|first2=Xhelal|title=Die slavischen Minderheiten in Albanien (SMA). 4. Teil: Vraka - Borakaj|year=2013|location=Munich|publisher=Verlag Otto Sagner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zeLingEACAAJ&q=Die+slavischen+Minderheiten+in+Albanien+(SMA).+4.+Teil:+Vraka+-+Borakaj|isbn=9783866883635}} p. 9. "Am östlichen Ufer des Shkodrasees gibt es heute auf dem Gebiet von Vraka vier Dörfer, in denen ein Teil der Bewohner eine montenegrinische Mundart spricht. Es handelt sich dabei um die Ortschaften Boriçi i Madh (Borić Veli), Boriçi i Vogël (Borić Mali/Borić Stari/Borić Vezirov), Gril (Grilj) und Omaraj (Omara), die verwaltungstechnisch Teil der Gemeinde Gruemira in der Region Malësia e Madhe sind. Ferner zählen zu dieser Gruppe noch die Dörfer Shtoji i Ri und Shtoji i Vjetër in der Gemeinde Rrethinat und weiter nordwestlich von Koplik das Dorf Kamica (Kamenica), das zur Gemeinde Qendër in der Region Malësia e Madhe gehört. Desgleichen wohnen vereinzelt in der Stadt sowie im Kreis Shkodra weitere Sprecher der montenegrinischen Mundart. Nach ihrer Konfession unterscheidet man zwei Gruppen, d.h. orthodoxe mid muslimische Slavophone. Die erste, kleinere Gruppe wohnt in Boriçi i Vogël, Gril, Omaraj und Kamica, die zweite, größere Gruppe in Boriçi i Madh und in Shtoj."</ref> In the village of Omaraj, only two Orthodox Montenegrin families remain.<ref name="Steinke126">{{harvnb|Steinke|Ylli|2013|p=126.}} "Omaraj - Omara. In Omaraj wohnen nur noch zwei orthodoxe Familien der Minderheit."</ref>

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Category:Gruemirë Category:Populated places in Malësi e Madhe Category:Villages in Shkodër County