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	Proto-Romanian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Proto-Romanian (also known as Common Romanian, româna comună) is a hypothetical language considered to have been spoken by the ancestors of today's Romanians and related Balkan Latin peoples (Vlachs), between the 7th and the 9th century.
		Proto-Romanian already had a structure very distinct from the other Romance languages, with major differences in grammar, morphology and phonology and already was a member of the Balkan linguistic union.
		Romanian language (sometimes called Daco-Romanian to distinguish it from the rest of the Eastern Romance languages)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Common_Romanian (263 words)

	Istro-Romanian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is one of the reasons that some Romanian linguists think that Istro-Romanian evolved from the romanian language spoken in the Apuseni or Maramureş area of Transylvania, which has some similar traits.
		Istro-Romanian is a Romance language used in a few villages in the peninsula of Istria, on the upper northern part of the Adriatic Sea, in Croatia.
		The language resembles standard Romanian, and traditional Romanian linguists consider it to be a Romanian dialect.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Istro-Romanian_language (559 words)

	Istriot language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Istriot is a Romance language spoken in the Western Region on the coast of the Istrian Peninsula (especially in the towns of Rovinj (Rovigno) and Vodnjan (Dignano)), on the upper northern part of the Adriatic Sea, in Croatia.
		There are currently only about 1,000 speakers left, thus making it an endangered language.
		The name Istriot was given by the 19th century Italian linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Istriot (175 words)

	Romanian language
		The Romanian language is a Romance language, derived from Latin, introduced during the Roman occupation of the Balkans.
		Romanian language contains features reflecting continued contact with Romans until the decline of the Roman Empire and influx of Slavic peoples in the 6th century.
		Romanian is also still the first language of many Romanian Jews who now live in Israel.
	www.eliznik.org.uk /RomaniaHistory/language.htm (396 words)

	Megleno-Romanian language
		While the evolution of the Aromanian language be explained by the fact that the Aromanians were isolated from the other Romanians since the 9th century it seems that the Megleno-Romanians left linguistic union with the Romanians at a later time; one theory is that they settled at sometime around the 14th century by the Byzantines.
		This language is closer to standard Romanian the much larger minority speaking Aromanian language and some experts consider it as intermediary between the two.
		Megleno-Romanian is a dialect of the Romanian language still spoken in the Greek province of Meglen.
	www.freeglossary.com /Megleno-Romanian (503 words)

	Vlachs
		Istro-Romanians (speaking Istro-Romanian language) are living in Croatia, with a population of 1,200.
		Vlachs (also called Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs) are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians, but since the creation of the Romanian state, this term was mostly used for the Vlachs living south of the Danube river.
		They are descendants of the Roman colonists or of the Romanized Dacian, Thracian and Illyrian local population (see Origin of Romanians for more about the dispute about the origin).
	hallencyclopedia.com /Vlachs (740 words)

	The IstroRomanians: News - Istro-Romanian is by now a language of the memory / L'istroromeno e ormai la lingua della memoria
		Croatian 1991 census: The last 810 Romanians and 22 Morlachs left in Istria
		Etimologically, this umbrella-term designates all the populations of Latin origin: for example the Oriental and Occidental Romanians, who as a result of the fragmentation of the Latin world and the ensuing barbaric invasions, were constrained to carve out and secure for themselves and their survival safe havens in the South-eastern areas of Europe.
		But, returning to Istria, after the first documentary attestation of Pinguente, there was mentioned another settlementat Buie in 1449, and in the same period, according to the Annales of the Venetian Senate, results that the Venetians openly favourized the settlement of Vlachs on their Dalmatian dependencies known as "Morlachia".
	www.istro-romanian.net /articles/art981201.html (971 words)

	Romanian language -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Four principal dialects may be distinguished: Daco-Romanian, the basis of the standard language, spoken in Romania and Moldova in several regional variants; Aromanian, or Macedo-Romanian, spoken in scattered communities in Greece, Yugoslavia, Albania, and Bulgaria; Megleno-Romanian, a nearly extinct dialect of...
		Overview (in English, French, German, and Romanian) of the executive and legislative branches of government.
		It is the church to which the majority of Romanians belong, and in the late 20th century it had a membership of more than 16 million.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9083828 (859 words)

	Ethnologue 14 report for language code:RUO
		Split from the other 3 Romanian languages between 500 and 1000 A.D. Not the same as the Istriot language.
		Structurally a separate language from Romanian (F.B. Agard).
		The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=RUO (78 words)

	Diaspora language -
		The language developed as a result of refugees arriving in Italy from the eastern Adriatic coast during the 15th and 16th centuries.
		The term diaspora language, coined in the 1980s, is a sociolinguistic idea referring to a variety of language spoken in a place of migration.
		Considered an endangered language, Molise Slavic is spoken by approximately 3,500 people in the villages of Montemitro, San Felice del Molise, and Acquaviva-Collecroce in southern Molise, as well as elsewhere in southern Italy.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Diaspora_language (308 words)

	Istro-Romanian: UNESCO Culture Sector
		In Croatia, the Istro-Romanian language is spoken by about 300 people living in several villages of the Istrian Peninsula
	portal.unesco.org /culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=18441&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html (19 words)

	Megleno-Romanian_language LANGUAGE SCHOOL EXPLORER
		Megleno-Romanian (known as Vlaheshte by speakers and Moglenitic, Meglenitic or Megleno-Romanian by linguists) is a Romance language, similar to Aromanian, spoken in the MoglenÃ¡ region of Greece, in a few villages in Republic of Macedonia and a village in Romania.
		Megleno-Romanian is a member of the Italic branch of the Indo-European language family; more specifically, it is an Eastern Romance language, a language formed after the retreat of the Roman Empire from South-Eastern Europe.
		There are a number of Byzantine and Modern Greek words, several dozens which are also found in Daco-Romanian (Romanian language) and Aromanian and about 80 words that were borrowed via Bulgarian and other languages of Balcans.
	www.school-explorer.com /info/Megleno-Romanian_language (512 words)

	The IstroRomanians: News - Pula Hosts International Linguistic Seminar / Istrorumunjska jezicna oaza
		The Istro-Romanian language is today preserved in the villages of Žejane, Šušnjevica, Koštrčani, Jasenovik, Nova Vas, Letaj, Miheli, Škabici and Zankovci, and it is spoken by approximately 450 people.
		When I speak of the Istro-Romanian speech, I am talking about a pearl which emerged in a surrounding sea of the Croatian language, the westernmost example of the Romanian language, said Goran Filipi, the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Letters.
		The members of this group will visit Šušnjevica, where an Istro-Romanian community known as the Ciribiri live, as well as the village of Žejane.
	www.istro-romanian.net /articles/art000331.html (515 words)

	World War 1 and 2 - Diaspora language
		A diaspora language is an evolution of the language originally used by a diaspora of a group of people or peoples.
		World War 1 and 2 - Diaspora language
	www.worldwardiary.com /history/Diaspora_language (40 words)

	Reanimating the old Latin. Antimoon Forum
		If latin would be a solid foundation for Germanic language they would be called romance languages.
		Latin is a solid foundation for most Germanic languages, influencing the Slavic languages and the Big-Bang for the Neo-Latin languages
		Latin influenced so much the Anglo-Saxon language group (English the most), before diluting in numerous Neo-Latin Languages:
	www.antimoon.com /forum/posts/8566.htm (334 words)

	Istria on the Internet - Linguistics - Istro-Romanian
		He notes that while Îî / Ââ is much more prevalent in Romanian, in Istro-Romanian it is often changed to Ăă, especially in the dialect spoken in the southern group of Istrian towns (but even these may vary).
		This is the sound used even when pronouncing the name of the language: istro-română.
		Puşcariu goes into more details when talking about these sounds that are specific to Romanian and Istro-Romanian.
	www.istrianet.org /istria/linguistics/istrorumeno/alphabet.htm (269 words)

	Zejanski Zvoncari - index page - Free MP3 downloads, CDs, Bio Info, Tour Dates, Lyrics and More!"
		The songs consist of instrumental dances and songs performed in the Zejanski dialect, the Istro-Romanian language of the village of Zejane.Zejanski Zvoncari take their name from a Zejane folklore group that visits villages in the area (Istria).
		They symbolize fertility and the coming of spring after the long harsh winter.
	artists.iuma.com /IUMA/Bands/Zejanski_Zvoncari (201 words)

	Istria on the Internet - Lingustics - Istro-Romanian - Istrian Language Comparison
		Istria on the Internet - Lingustics - Istro-Romanian - Istrian Language Comparison
	www.istrianet.org /istria/linguistics/istrorumeno/language_samples.htm (80 words)

	THE ISTRO-ROMANIANS
		There were not yet materialised the efforts in order to promote the Romanian language (in its Istro-Romanian dialect) in the education system, while the impact of other forms of national activity in the area seems to be still minor.
		Unlike the case of the other Romanians in the Balkans, the Istro-Romanians and their numerical weight were not taken into consideration by the Bucharest authorities, because of different reasons.
		After the death of A. Glavina in 1925, the teaching in the Romanian language was ceased, the education process being developed exclusively in the Italian language.
	www.geocities.com /serban_marin/zbuchea2000.html (5245 words)

	About Romania
		The Romanian language is, along with the Italian, the French, the Spanish, the Portuguese, a continuator of the Latin language which the Romans brought in the conquered provinces of the famous empire.
		- The Dacians - ancestors of the Romanians
		The birth place of the Romanian people having as kernel the present territory of Romania, extended south of the Danube to the north of the Carpathians, from the Tisa (in the west) and crossing the Dniester, in the east.
	www.outdoorguides.ro /categories/aboutrom/aboutrom9.htm (654 words)

	Etymology of Romania - Enpsychlopedia
		The first document written in Romanian language is a 1521 letter which notifies the mayor of Braşov about the imminent attack of the Turks.
		Romanians are a people living in South-Eastern Europe speaking a Romance language.
		It was only in the early 19th century, with the rise of nationalism that the form "Român" was decided to be used and since then, the name was officially "România".
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Etymology_of_Romania (357 words)

	GeoNative - Aroumanian
		Aroumanian or Macedo-Romanian is a Romance language close to Romanian spoken throughout the Balkans.
		Aroumanian or Macedo-Romanian should be considered a different language from Romanian proper (or Daco-Romanian), and, although the receive some recognition.
		These communities are not to be confused with ethnic Romanians living in the north of the country (some 20.000 or 30.000 people).
	www.geocities.com /Athens/9479/armanesti.html (803 words)

	Vlachs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Groups that have historically been called Vlachs include modern-day Romanians, Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians and Istro-Romanians, but since the creation of the Romanian state, the term has mostly been used for those living south of the Danube river (i.e.
		Romanians (speaking the Romanian language), who live in:
		Romanian culture was influenced by the Slavs and later by the Hungarians and Germans (mainly in Transylvania).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vlachs (751 words)

	Istro-Romanian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is one of the reasons that some Romanian linguists think that Istro-Romanian evolved from the language spoken in the Apuseni or Maramureş area of Transylvania, which has some similar traits.
		The language resembles standard Romanian, and traditional Romanian linguists consider it to be a Romanian dialect.
		Due to its very small number of speakers, living in about eight villages, there is no public education or press in Istro-Romanian, and its speakers are not even recognised as an official minority in Croatia.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Istro-Romanian (499 words)

	History of Romanians
		Owing to their position, the Romanians south of the Danube were the first to be mentioned in historical sources (the 10th century), under the name of vlahi or blahi (Wallachians); this name shows they were speakers of a Romance language and that the non-Roman peoples around them recognised this fact.
		A Romanian army, under the personal command of Prince Carol I, crossed the Danube and participated in the siege of Pleven; the result was the surrender of the Ottoman army led by Osman Pasha (December 10, 1877).
		At that time the National Romanian Party in Transylvania played an important role in asserting the Romanian national identity; the party was reorganised in 1881 and it became the standard bearer in the struggle to achieve recognition of equal rights of the Romanian nation and it the resistance against the denationalisation projects.
	domino.kappa.ro /guvern/istoria-e.html (5542 words)

	Knowledge King - Istro-Romanian language
		The language resembles Romanian, and traditional Romanian linguists consider it a Romanian dialect, but some other linguistics disagree, and are of the opinion that the language is closer to the extinct Dalmatian language than to Romanian.
		One particularity of Istro-Romanian compared with other Romanian dialects is the rhotacism (with intervocalic /n/ becoming /r/, like "lumina" (in Romanian light) becoming "lumira").
		Some linguists (among which Ovid Densusianu) believe that the Istro-Romanians came in this region about 1000 years ago from Transylvania, the other possible origin being from Serbia.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/i/is/istro_romanian_language.html (258 words)

	Aromanian Vlachs: The Vanishing Tribes
		To claim that the Romanians, (who set up an extensive network of schools and churches on the behalf of their brethren, in the vernacular language as in it literary version) "stirred trouble among Vlachs", is a crude remark in sharp contrast with the accepted human and minority rights standards.
		Risky as it is to extract it from a larger Romanian context to which it organically belongs and try to clone and further present it as a distinct development, the history of the scattered Vlachdom is not the easiest thing to compile.
		Asterios Koukoudis' book), would dedicate chapters of their studies to explain what they think was the rejection of the Vlachs of the Romanian schools in favour of the Greek ones.
	www.vlachophiles.net (10959 words)

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