Aromanian language
| Aromanian | |
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| armãneashce, armãneashti, rrãmãneshti. | |
| Native to | Greece, Albania, Romania, Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey. |
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Native speakers
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estimated 250,000 (1997) |
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Indo-European
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Early forms
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Proto-Romanian
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| Latin (Aromanian alphabet) | |
| Official status | |
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Recognised minority
language in |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | arom1237 |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAD-ba |
Aromanian (limba armãneascã, armãneshce, armãneashti, rrãmãneshti), also known as Macedo-Romanian or Vlach, is an Eastern Romance language spoken in Southeastern Europe. Its speakers are called Aromanians or Vlachs (a broader term and an exonym in widespread use to define Romance communities in the Balkans).
Aromanian shares many features with modern Romanian, including similar morphology and syntax, as well as a large common vocabulary inherited from Latin. An important source of dissimilarity between Romanian and Aromanian is the adstratum languages; whereas Romanian has been influenced to a greater extent by the Slavic languages, Aromanian has been more influenced by Greek, with which it has been in close contact throughout its history.
The greatest number of Aromanian speakers is in Greece, with substantial numbers of speakers also found in Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia, and in the Republic of Macedonia. Macedonia is the only country where Aromanians are officially recognized as a national minority. In Albania, Aromanians are recognized as a cultural or linguistic minority.
Large Aromanian-speaking communities are also found in Romania, where some Aromanians migrated from Greece, Albania, Bulgaria and Serbia, mainly after 1925. Aromanians may have settled in Turkey due to the influence of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans. Today, there are a few Aromanians living in Turkey.
The Aromanian language has a degree of official status in the Republic of Macedonia, where Aromanian is taught as a subject in some primary schools (in Skopje, Bitola, Štip and Kruševo). In the Republic of Macedonia, Aromanian speakers also have the right to use the language in court proceedings. Since 2006, the Aromanian language has been the second official municipal language (after Macedonian) in the city of Kruševo (Crushuva), even though it is spoken by ~ 10% of the municipal population. The language has no official status in any other country, despite the even higher numbers of Aromanians in some other countries, e.g. Greece.
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