Istro-Romanian

E16631

Balkan Romance language Eastern Romance language endangered language minority language

Istro-Romanian is an endangered Eastern Romance language variety spoken by a small community in the Istrian Peninsula, primarily in Croatia.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Balkan Romance language → Eastern Romance language → endangered language → minority language →
alsoKnownAs	Istrian Vlach → Vlach of Istria →
autonym	rumârește → vlåšće →
classifiedBy	UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger →
closelyRelatedTo	Aromanian → Megleno-Romanian → Romanian →
continent	Europe →
country	Croatia →
endangermentStatus	severely endangered →
estimatedSpeakers	few hundred →
hasContactWith	Chakavian Croatian dialects →
hasDialect	Šušnjevica variety → Žejane variety →
hasLanguageShiftTo	Croatian →
hasLexicalInfluenceFrom	Croatian → Italian → Slovene → Venetian →
hasPhonologicalInfluenceFrom	Croatian →
hasRevitalizationEfforts	documentation projects by linguists → local cultural associations →
hasSubstrateInfluenceFrom	Dalmatian Romance →
hasWordOrder	SVO →
ISO639-3Code	ruo →
languageFamily	Romance languages →
region	Ćićarija region →
sharesFeatureWith	Romanian case system remnants → Romanian definite article suffix → Romanian verb conjugation patterns →
spokenIn	Croatia → Istrian Peninsula → Primorje-Gorski Kotar County → surrounding hamlets of Šušnjevica → village of Šušnjevica → village of Žejane →
subfamily	Eastern Romance →
threatenedBy	assimilation → language shift in younger generations → out-migration →
UNESCOStatus	severely endangered →
usedBy	Istro-Romanian ethnic community →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aromanian → Megleno-Romanian →	closelyRelatedTo
Vlach of Istria ("Istro-Romanians") → Vlach of Istria ("Istro-Romanian people") →	hasAlternativeName
Eastern Romance ("Istro-Romanian language") → Eastern Romance ("Istro-Romanian dialects") →	hasMember
Šušnjevica ("Istro-Romanian language") → Šušnjevica ("Istro-Romanian culture") →	isOneOfMainCentersOf
Balkan Latin →	ancestorOf
Šušnjevica →	endangeredLanguageSpoken
Vlach of Istria ("Istro-Romanian language") →	ethnicAutonymLanguage
Vlach of Istria ("Istro-Romanian language") →	ethnicLanguage
Šušnjevica ("Istro-Romanians") →	ethnolinguisticGroupPresent
Šušnjevica ("Istro-Romanians") →	hasCulturalSignificanceFor
Romanian language →	hasDialect
Šušnjevica ("Istro-Romanian community") →	hasEndangeredCulture
Istria ("Istro-Romanians") →	hasEthnicGroup
Istria →	hasLanguage
Istria ("Istro-Romanian language") →	hasMinorityLanguage
Vlach language →	hasVariety
Šušnjevica ("Istro-Romanian language") →	languageCommunity
Šušnjevica →	minorityLanguageSpoken
Vlach (Aromanian people) ("Istro-Romanians") →	relatedEthnicGroup
Istro-Romanian ("Istro-Romanian ethnic community") →	usedBy