Vlach language

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The Vlach language is a group of Eastern Romance varieties spoken by Vlach communities in the Balkans and surrounding regions, closely related to Romanian.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Vlax Romanian varieties 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Balkan Romance variety
Eastern Romance language
closelyRelatedTo Romanian language
developedFrom Balkan Latin
Vulgar Latin
endangeredStatus vulnerable or endangered in some regions
hasAlternativeName Aromanian and related varieties
Balkan Vlachs
surface form: Vlach

Vlach dialects
hasFeature Balkan Sprachbund features
case reduction compared to Latin
lexical influence from Albanian
lexical influence from Greek
lexical influence from Slavic languages
postposed definite article
rich verbal morphology
hasLexicalSimilarityWith Romanian language
other Eastern Romance varieties
hasMorphologicalFeature analytic future tense constructions
hasPhonologicalFeature palatal consonants similar to Romanian
hasStatus minority language in several Balkan states
hasSyntacticFeature clitic doubling in some varieties
hasVariety Aromanian
Daco-Romanian-related dialects
Istro-Romanian
Megleno-Romanian
languageBranch Eastern Romance
languageFamily Romance languages
region Balkans
surface form: Southeastern Europe
sharesOriginWith Romanian language
spokenBy Vlach communities
spokenIn Albania
Balkans
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Greece
Moldova
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Romania
Serbia
subclassOf Indo-European language
Romance language
usedFor folklore and traditional songs
local communication within Vlach communities
usedIn oral tradition of Vlach communities
writingSystem Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eastern Romance hasMember Vlach language
this entity surface form: Vlax Romanian varieties
Megleno-Romanian subclassOf Vlach language