Megleno-Romanian language
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| Megleno-Romanian (Vlăheşte) | |
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| Spoken in: | Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
| Region: | Balkans |
| Total speakers: | 5,000-12,000 |
| Ranking: | Not in top 100 |
| Genetic classification: | Indo-European Italic |
| Official status | |
| Official language of: | - |
| Regulated by: | - |
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| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | roa |
| SIL | RUQ |
| See also: Language – List of languages | |
Megleno–Romanian (also known as Vlaheshte by native speakers and Meglenitic) is a Romance language, similar to Aromanian, spoken in the Meglen region, located in the Kilkis prefecture in Macedonia, Greece, as well as in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It is considered to be an endangered language.
Some scholars consider Megleno–Romanian to be a dialect of the Aromanian language, while others consider it to be an independent language. It is closer to standard Romanian than the Aromanian spoken by a much larger minority in the Pindus; some linguists consider it to be an intermediary between the two.
While the evolution of the Aromanian language can be explained by the fact that the Aromanians were isolated from the speakers of other Eastern Romance languages from the 9th century, it seems that the Meglenites and Romanians broke their linguistic union at a much later time; one theory is that the Meglenites were settled in the area some time around the 14th century by the Byzantines. Other theories reject this scenario.
External links
- Ethnologue: Megleno-Romanian entry (http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=ruq)nds:Meglenorumäänsch
pl:Język meglenorumuński ro:Limba megleno-română el:Βλάχικη (Μογλενίτικη) γλώσσα