Vrontero

In the early 1900s, 276 Slavonic speaking Christians lived in the village.^[4] Aromanians settled in the village in 1949.^[4] They were a group of nomadic transhumant Aromanians (known as the Arvanitovlachs) originating from Thessaly and the Greek government assisted their settlement into depopulated villages of the Prespa region like Vrontero.^[5][6] Aromanians are the only inhabitants of the village.^[5]

Vrontero had 172 inhabitants in 1981.^[7] In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Vrontero was populated by Aromanians.^[7] The Aromanian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships.^[7] Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.^[7]

• Prespes website