Aromanian
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Aromanian, also known as Macedoromanian, is a Romance language spoken in scattered communities across parts of Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Kosovo. It is considered one of the four principal dialects of the Romanian language, though mutual intelligibility with standard Romanian (Dacoromanian) can be difficult. Aromanian is sometimes classified as a distinct language rather than a dialect. There are approximately 114,000 speakers of Aromanian.1
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- Romanian language
…Moldova in several regional variants; Aromanian (also called Macedoromanian), spoken in scattered communities in Greece, the Republic of North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, and Serbia; Meglenoromanian, a nearly extinct dialect of northern Greece and southeastern North
Read More…Moldova in several regional variants; Aromanian (also called Macedoromanian), spoken in scattered communities in Greece, the Republic of North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, and Serbia; Meglenoromanian, a nearly extinct dialect of northern Greece and southeastern North
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… dialects are both nearly extinct, Aromanian is more vigorous. Numbers have probably decreased considerably, but certainly before 1940 Aromanians were often prominent businessmen in their localities. The first known inscription in Aromanian, dated 1731, was found in 1952 at Ardenita, Albania; texts date to the end of the 18th century,…
Read More… dialects are both nearly extinct, Aromanian is more vigorous. Numbers have probably decreased considerably, but certainly before 1940 Aromanians were often prominent businessmen in their localities. The first known inscription in Aromanian, dated 1731, was found in 1952 at Ardenita, Albania; texts date to the end of the 18th century,…
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