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 Vlachs. Who is Vlachs? What is Vlachs? Where is Vlachs? Definition of Vlachs. Meaning of Vlachs.
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 Danube.
Megleno-Romanians (speaking Megleno-Romanian language) are living in the Greek province of Meglen, with a population of 12,000.
(see Origin of Romanians for more about the dispute about the origin) Their languages are closely related to each other and it is believed that they were still the same language until the 10th century.
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 Articles - Vlachs
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.
According to the dominant theory, they are descended from the Roman colonists and/or the Romanised Dacian, Thracian and Illyrian local populations (see Origin of Romanians for more about the dispute about the origin).
Romanians (speaking the Romanian language), who live in:
www.landize.com /articles/Vlach   (710 words)

  
 Articles - Etymology of Vlach
Historically, it was used to refer to all Latin people of the Balkans, but nowadays, this term is only rarely used to refer the Romanians, but rather to refer to the Aromanians, Istro-Romanians and Megleno-Romanians.
In the Yugoslavian census figures, the Aromanians of Macedonia and the Romanians of Serbia were both classified as "Vlachs".
The origin of the name is Germanic: it originates with *Walha by which the early Germanic tribes called their Celtic neighbours, possibly derived from the name of the tribe which was known to the Romans as Volcae (in the writings of Julius Caesar) and to the Greeks as "Ouólkai" (Strabo and Ptolemy), see also Welsh.
www.premiuma.com /articles/Etymology_of_Vlach   (383 words)

  
 Dacians. Romanians. Albanians - Continuity and Migrations
The main difficulty of the Magyar historians is that the presence of the Romanians in Transylvania, at the arrival of the Magyars, is recorded in a chronicle by an anonym writer from the court of the Magyar king, in the 13th century.
One the arguments of the Romanians, that of being the oldest population in Transylvania, was denied by the Hungarian and the Austrian historians, who claimed that this honor should be given to the Magyars.
The interpretation of the resemblances can only lead to the conclusion that the Romanians and the Albanians were once the same people, a part of which was Romanized and other that was not.
www.geocities.com /cogaionon/article9.htm   (4333 words)

  
 The IstroRomanians: News - The Istro-Romanians. Notes Regarding Their Historical Past
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.
Whether the problems concerning the history of the Italians, the Croatians, even the Hapsburgs in Istria were vastly investigated on the basis of unpublished or published documents, it could not be asserted the same conclusion about the Romanians' situation, respectively the Vlachs' and Morlachs' ones.
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.istro-romanian.net /articles/art000401.html   (5141 words)

  
 Megleno-Romanians Greece Vlachs Megleno-Romanian External links Romance language The Vlachs of Greece and their Misunderstood History
in the Balkans, smaller groups of Aromanians (or Macedo- Romanians), Megleno-Romanians and Istro-Romanians survived.
The Slavs settling north of the Danube were eventually...
en.powerwissen.com /U7S8C5NsAULjQA1i0exrfw==_Megleno-Romanians.html   (160 words)

  
 Megleno-Romanian language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aromanians were isolated from the other Romanians from the 9th century, it seems that the MeglenoRomanians left their linguistic union with the Romanians at a much later time; one theory is that they were settled in the area some time around the
Some scholars consider Megleno–Romanian to be a dialect of the Aromanian language, while others consider it to be an independent language.
It is closer to standard Romanian than the Macedo& variant of Aromanian spoken by a much larger minority in Pindus; some linguists consider it to be an intermediary between the two.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Megleno_Romanian_language   (160 words)

  
 The world's top Romanian websites
A Romanian directory for Romanians from all over the world.
A cultural and religious center for the Romanians of northern California, Casa Română provides independent facilities for cultural, social service, and spiritual endeavors.
The organization seeks to improve communications among Romanians from all over the world.
dirs.org /dir-wiki.cfm/Top/Society/Ethnicity/Romanian   (160 words)

  
 info: Romanians
Romanians by Ion Calafeteanu Romania is situated in Central Europe, in the northern part of the Balkan peninsula and its territory is marked by the Carpathian Mountains, the Danube...
The Romanians (români in present-day Romanian and rumâni in historical contexts) are an ethnic group; they are the majority inhabitants of Romania and of Moldova (where they are also called 'Moldovans', a disputed term); each of these countries also have other significant ethnic minorities, and the Romanians constitute an ethnic minority in several nearby countries.
The Istro-Romanians speak a dialect of Romanian and it is believed they left Maramureş, Transylvania about a thousand-years ago and settled in Istria, Croatia.
www.info-assicurazione.com /Romanians.html   (2233 words)

  
 Megleno-Romanians - TheBestLinks.com - Greece, Romanian language, Romance language, Megleno-Romanian language, ...
Megleno-Romanians (also known as: Meglenites or Vlaşi) are a population living as a minority in a few villages in the Meglen region of Northern Greece, their number being estimated from 12,000 to 20,000.
They speak a Romance language called Megleno-Romanian, a dialect of Romanian.
One interesting thing is that unlike the other Eastern Romanized population (called generically Vlachs), they don't have a name for themselves derived from Romanus, but they use only the term Vlaşi.
www.thebestlinks.com /Megleno__MM__Romanians.html   (134 words)

  
 altera16/ English Summary
Megleno-Romanians are the only Romanian speaking (as well as Latin) community who converted to Islam.
The author analyses the Romanian state’s attitude throughout the years, represented by its Ministry of National Education, towards the legitimate claim of the Hungarian community to “separate”, that is to enjoy community privacy.
The dispute between the Hungarian and Romanian scientific community over who the Csangos are, whether they are Romanian or Hungarian or simply Csangos, is gracefully dismissed by showing that Csangos fall into two main groups: a Hungarian one (consisting of other two subgroups: Northern and Southern Csangos) and a Romanian one.
www.proeuropa.ro /ALTERA/2002/17_18/a18e.htm   (3458 words)

  
 GeoNative - Aroumanian
These communities are not to be confused with ethnic Romanians living in the north of the country (some 20.000 or 30.000 people).
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.
www.geocities.com /Athens/9479/armanesti.html   (803 words)

  
 romanians
Encyclopedia Entry for megleno romanians Dictionary Definition of megleno romanians Megleno-Romanians Megleno-Romanians (also known as: Meglenites or Vla_i) are a population living as a minority in a...
Romanians The Romanians are the majority inhabitants of Romania and of Moldova (also called "moldovans"), while other groups of inhabitants lived or still live in Romania.
Romanians are hard working people and honest (most of them) and are quick to help other people in...
www.romaniatopics.com /romanians   (1472 words)

  
 Megleno-Romanians - TheBestLinks.com - Greece, Romanian language, Romance language, Megleno-Romanian language, ...
Megleno-Romanians (also known as: Meglenites or Vlaşi) are a population living as a minority in a few villages in the Meglen region of Northern Greece, their number being estimated from 12,000 to 20,000.
They speak a Romance language called Megleno-Romanian, a dialect of Romanian.
One interesting thing is that unlike the other Eastern Romanized population (called generically Vlachs), they don't have a name for themselves derived from Romanus, but they use only the term Vlaşi.
www.thebestlinks.com /Megleno__MM__Romanians.html   (1472 words)

  
 Romanians - Network Live
Aromanian, Istro-Romanian and Megleno-Romanian are the closest related languages to the Romanian language.
The Istro-Romanians speak a dialect of Romanian and it is believed they left Maramureş,
During the Middle Ages, Romanian was isolated from the other Romance languages, and borrowed words especially from the nearby Slavic languages.
romanians.networklive.org   (1472 words)

  
 Articles - Istro-Romanian language
There is no literary tradition; however, in 1905 Calendaru lu rumeri din Istrie ("The Calendar of the Romanians of Istria") was published, and also collections of folk tales and poems have been published since.
Dalmatian language than to Romanian, is disregarded by most linguists as the language shows some features that are without any doubt Romanian.
One peculiarity of Istro-Romanian compared with Romanian dialects is the use of rhotacism (with the intervocalic /n/ becoming /r/, for instance "lumina" (meaning "light" in Romanian) becoming "lumira").
www.x-moto.net /articles/Istro-Romanians   (1472 words)

  
 About Us - Romania
Romanians are spread throughout several European countries not because they migrated to those countries but because they have always been where they are today.
Firstly we noticed that territorial invaders were not able to assimilate the Romanian Language and lastly we can put a stake in the ground about 2,000 years in the past.
Romanian article is added at the end of the noun.
www.filimon.com /AboutUs-Romania.html   (1472 words)

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