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Mrkojevići is a historical region, not a tribe. There are many families of different origins in the area, but they don't form part of a tribe and don't believe that they have any kinship ties with each other
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{{Short description|Historical tribe and region of Montenegro}}
[[File:Utjeha 1970.jpg|thumb|Mrkojevići riviera 1970]]
'''Mrkojevići''' (alternatively '''Mrkovići''', {{lang-cnr-Cyrl|Мркојевићи/Мрковићи}}, {{lang-sq|Mërkot}}) is a [[Tribes of Montenegro|historical tribe]] and region in southwestern [[Montenegro]],<ref name=Mozorova>{{cite journal |last1=Morozova |first1=Maria S. |title=Language Contact in Social Context: Kinship Terms and Kinship Relations of the Mrkovići in Southern Montenegro |journal=Journal of Language Contact |date=14 August 2019 |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=312–314 |doi=10.1163/19552629-01202003 |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/jlc/12/2/article-p305_305.xml |issn=1877-4091|doi-access=free }}</ref> located between the towns of [[Bar, Montenegro|Bar]] and [[Ulcinj]].<ref name="NovikSobolev"/> The region borders [[Krajina, Montenegro|Krajina]] to the east. The Mrkojevići form a distinct ethno-geographical group with their own dialect of the Serbo-Croatian language, while also exhibiting a degree of bilingualism in Albanian. Their customs are distinct from their neighbouring Slavic and Albanian communities, but they also show influence and contacts with them. In the 400-year Ottoman period, the Mrkojevići converted to Islam, which forms an important aspect of their cultural identity.<ref name="NovikSobolev"/>
 
== Geography ==