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.

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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 language family
surface form: Indo-European languages
Glottocode arom1237
group Romance languages
surface form: Eastern Romance languages
hasAlternativeName Armãneashce (autonym)
Aromanian
surface form: Macedo-Romanian

Vlach (in some contexts)
hasDialect Aromanian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Farsherot Aromanian

Aromanian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Gramostean Aromanian

Moscopolean Aromanian
Aromanian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Pindean 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 Aromanian self-linksurface differs
surface form: Aromanians
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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Balkan Latin ancestorOf Aromanian
Istro-Romanian closelyRelatedTo Aromanian
Aromanian hasAlternativeName Aromanian
this entity surface form: Macedo-Romanian
Aromanian hasDialect Aromanian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Pindean Aromanian
Aromanian hasDialect Aromanian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Gramostean Aromanian
Aromanian hasDialect Aromanian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Farsherot Aromanian
Romanian language hasDialect Aromanian
Eastern Romance hasMember Aromanian
this entity surface form: Aromanian language
Eastern Romance hasMember Aromanian
this entity surface form: Macedo-Romanian (Aromanian)
this entity surface form: Aromanian language
Vlach language hasVariety Aromanian
Dobruja historicallyInhabitedBy Aromanian
this entity surface form: Aromanians
this entity surface form: Aromanian language
vlaheşte lexicalSimilarityWith Aromanian
this entity surface form: Aromanian language
this entity surface form: Aromanians
vlaheşte relatedTo Aromanian
this entity surface form: Aromanian language
Vlach (in some contexts) speaks Aromanian
subject surface form: Vlach (Aromanian people)
this entity surface form: Aromanian language
Aromanian spokenBy Aromanian self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Aromanians