Aromanian language

Aromanian
Aromanian
Vlach; Macedo-Romanian
limba armãneascã, limba armãnã, armãneashti, armãneashte, armãneashci, armãneashce, limba rãmãneascã, limba rãmãnã, rrãmãneshti
Native to	Greece, Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia
Region	Balkans
Ethnicity	Aromanians
Native speakers	210,000 (2018)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Eastern Romance Southern Romanian? Aromanian; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early forms	Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Common Romanian ; ; ;
Dialects	Farsherot (incl. Muzachiar); Moscopolean; Gopeš–Malovište; Pindean (incl. Olympiot); Gramostean;
Writing system	Latin (Aromanian alphabet)
Signed forms	Manually coded Aromanian
Official status
Recognised minority; language in	Albania; North Macedonia
Language codes
ISO 639-2	rup
ISO 639-3	rup
Glottolog	arom1237
ELP	Aromanian
Linguasphere	51-AAD-ba
	Distribution and dialects of the Aromanian language in the southwestern Balkans
	Aromanian is classified as Definitely Endangered by UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The Aromanian language (Aromanian: limba armãneascã, limba armãnã, armãneashti, armãneashte, armãneashci, armãneashce or limba rãmãneascã, limba rãmãnã, rrãmãneshti), also known as Vlach or Macedo-Romanian, is an Eastern Romance language, similar to Megleno-Romanian, Istro-Romanian and Romanian, spoken in Southeastern Europe. Its speakers are called Aromanians or Vlachs (a broader term and an exonym in widespread use to define Romance communities in the Balkans). Some scholars, mostly Romanian ones, consider Aromanian a dialect of Romanian.

Aromanian shares many features with modern Romanian, including similar morphology and syntax, as well as a large common vocabulary inherited from Latin. An important source of dissimilarity between Romanian and Aromanian is the adstratum languages (external influences); whereas Romanian has been influenced to a greater extent by the Slavic languages, Aromanian has been more influenced by Greek, with which it has been in close contact throughout its history.

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