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[edit] Dispute
According to a forum on ezboards.com, which is actually pretty convincing, some are saying that Balša I is a Serb and some are saying, he is an Albanian. I believe he's Albanian because of his name. The name Balša sounds Albanian to me and not Serbian or Slavic, even though Balša I can read and write in Serbian, fought Albanians, and made alliances with Serbs. 
CrnaGora | Talk 07:00, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
- Actually - that is a Vlach name and the family is among the serbianized vlachs. The wholesome Montenegrin population is made of Serbs and greatly serbianized Vlachs (and Albanians, to an extent). --HolyRomanEmperor 16:29, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
If he was Albanian as you say,why would he name his two sons by Serbian names? Djuradj and Stracimir are clearly Serbian (Djuradj-Djordje-George for example,Stracimir can also be Bulgarian so let's say it is slavic anyway).Another argument I intend to use abot name Balsha doesn't sound Serbian is that many names in middle ages doesn't sounf even slavic;take Jovan Oliver for example,Serbian noble from period of Emperor Dushan.Oliver means nothing in Serbian (it cane in Serbia through literature), yet Oliver was of Serbian origin.The fact is that names were spread as culture and were incorporated into life of people of that time,as well as it is today. --Vizantinac 10:27, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
