Aromanian language
Aromanian (rrãmãneshti, armãneashti, or armãneshce), also known as Macedo-Romanian or Vlach, is an Eastern Romance language, similar to Meglenoromanian, or a dialect of the Romanian language[2] spoken in Southeastern Europe. Its speakers are called Aromanians or Vlachs.
Aromanian | ||||
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rrãmãneshti, armãneashti, armãneashce | ||||
Native to | Greece, Albania, Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey. | |||
Ethnicity | Aromanians | |||
Native speakers | estimated 250,000 (1997[needs update])[1] | |||
Language family | ||||
Early forms: | Proto-Romanian
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Writing system | Latin (Aromanian alphabet) | |||
Recognised minority language in | Albania North Macedonia | |||
Language codes | ||||
ISO 639-2 | rup | |||
ISO 639-3 | rup | |||
Linguasphere | 51-AAD-ba | |||
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Aromanian Language Media
Mihail G. Boiagi's 1813 Aromanian grammar book, "Romanic or Macedono-Vlach Grammar". Written in German and Greek, it includes Aromanian texts and introduced the first writing system for Aromanian in the Latin alphabet.
Use of the Aromanian language in the Florina Prefecture, Greece
References
Other websites
This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Aromanian language edition. |
- "Dictionary in Aromanian Language".
- Aromanian Language website
- Στα Βλάχικα – In Vlach: A website about the Vlach language in Greece
- Aromanian Swadesh list of basic vocabulary words (from Wiktionary's Swadesh list appendix)
- Aromanian basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
- Asterios Koukoudis: Studies on the Vlachs
- Greek Helsinki Human Rights Organization: Aromanians (Vlachs) in Greece
- Conjugation of verbs in Aromanian and Istro-Romanian Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Romanian and the Balkans, with some references to Aromanian
- Greek Vlach website
- Consiliul A Tinirlor Armanj – CTARM , webpage about Youth Aromanians and their projects
- Armans Association from Serbia Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Armans Cultural Association from Romania