Languages
Language | Native speakers | Geographic distribution |
---|---|---|
Aromanian | 111,000 | Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia |
Dacoromanian | 26,000,000 | Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Hungary |
Meglenoromanian | 12,000 | Greece |
Istroromanian | 555 | Croatia |
Romanian Languages Sorted Alphabetically
Geographic distribution of the Romanian languages
The Eastern Romance "Proto-Romanian" continued to evolve until, at the Slavic Invasion (about 600 AD) the Dacoroman dialect began to separate from the three dialects spoken south of the Danube, Macedoromanian, Istroromanian and Meglenoromanian. It is believed that the four dialects became fully distinct during the 9-th and 10-th centuries.
Language Family Tree
Indo-European > Classical Indo-European > Italic > Latino-Faliscan > Latinic > Imperial Latin > Romance > Eastern Romance > Balkan Romance- Northern Romanian
- Eastern Romanian
- [ruq] Megleno Romanian
- [ron] Romanian
- [ruo] Istro Romanian
- Eastern Romanian
- [rup] Aromanian