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 | 22x20px Albania | |||
| 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.
Romanian schools for Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians in the Ottoman Empire (1886)
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 Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine
- 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