Aromanian

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Aromanian is an Eastern Romance language spoken by the Aromanian people in the Balkans, closely related to Romanian but distinct in its history, vocabulary, and phonology.

All labels observed (8)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Romance language
Romance language
Vlach language
minority language
ancestor Vulgar Latin
closelyRelatedTo Istro-Romanian
Megleno-Romanian
Romanian
developedFrom Balkan Latin
endangeredStatus definitely endangered (in several countries)
family Indo-European languages
Glottocode arom1237
group Eastern Romance languages
linked to: Romance languages
hasAlternativeName Armãneashce (autonym)
Macedo-Romanian
linked to: Aromanian

Vlach (in some contexts)
hasDialect Farsherot Aromanian
linked to: Aromanian

Gramostean Aromanian
linked to: Aromanian

Moscopolean Aromanian
Pindean Aromanian
linked to: Aromanian
hasFeature distinct phonology from standard Romanian
distinct vocabulary from standard Romanian
preserves Latin neuter gender in a distinct way
shows influence from Albanian vocabulary
shows influence from South Slavic languages
shows strong influence from Greek vocabulary
stress-accented language
hasWritingSystem Cyrillic script (historically and locally)
Greek script
Latin script
isNot dialect of Romanian (in most linguistic classifications)
ISO639-3Code rup
recognizedAsMinorityLanguageIn Albania
North Macedonia
Romania
region Balkans
spokenBy Aromanians
linked to: Aromanian
spokenIn Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
North Macedonia
Romania
Serbia
diaspora communities
subfamily Romance languages
usedFor local media and publications
oral tradition and folk songs
religious services in some communities

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Romanian language hasDialect Aromanian
Romance languages includeLanguage Aromanian language
linked to: Aromanian
Aromanian spokenBy Aromanians
linked to: Aromanian
Aromanian hasDialect Pindean Aromanian
linked to: Aromanian
Aromanian hasDialect Gramostean Aromanian
linked to: Aromanian
Aromanian hasDialect Farsherot Aromanian
linked to: Aromanian
Aromanian hasAlternativeName Macedo-Romanian
linked to: Aromanian
Istro-Romanian closelyRelatedTo Aromanian
Dobruja historicallyInhabitedBy Aromanians
linked to: Aromanian
Vlach of Istria relatedEthnicity Aromanians
linked to: Aromanian
Balkan Sprachbund hasMemberLanguage Aromanian language
linked to: Aromanian
Vlach (Aromanian people) speaks Aromanian language
subject linked to: Vlach (in some contexts)
linked to: Aromanian
Balkan Latin ancestorOf Aromanian
Vlach language hasVariety Aromanian
vlaheşte relatedTo Aromanian language
linked to: Aromanian
vlaheşte lexicalSimilarityWith Aromanian language
linked to: Aromanian
Eastern Romance hasMember Aromanian language
linked to: Aromanian
Eastern Romance hasMember Macedo-Romanian (Aromanian)
linked to: Aromanian
Metsovo area languageTradition Aromanian
Balkan Vlachs useLanguage Aromanian
Balkan Vlachs areRelatedTo Aromanians
linked to: Aromanian
Aromãnji language Aromanian language
linked to: Aromanian
Koutsovlachs usedFor Aromanians
linked to: Aromanian