Eastern Romance language of the Southern Balkans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aromanian (rrãmãneshti, armãneashti, or armãneshce), also known as Macedo-Romanian or Vlach, is an Eastern Romance language, similar to Meglenoromanian, or a dialect of the Romanian language[2] spoken in Southeastern Europe. Its speakers are called Aromanians or Vlachs.
Aromanian | |
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rrãmãneshti, armãneashti, armãneashce | |
Native to | Greece, Albania, Romania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey. |
Ethnicity | Aromanians |
Native speakers | (estimated 250,000 cited 1997[needs update])[1] |
Early form | Proto-Romanian
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Latin (Aromanian alphabet) | |
Official status | |
Recognised minority language in | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-2 | rup |
ISO 639-3 | rup |
Glottolog | arom1237 |
ELP | Aromanian |
Linguasphere | 51-AAD-ba |