Map of Balkans with regions inhabited by Daco-Romanians in green

Eastern Romance languages Vulgar Latin language Substratum Daco-Romanian (Romanian, Moldovan, Vlach) Grammar | Nouns | Verbs Numbers | Phonology | Lexis Regulating bodies   Romanian Academy   Academy of Sciences of Moldova Aromanian Megleno-Romanian Istro-Romanian Grammar

Daco-Romanian (Romanian: limba dacoromână, Latin: lingua Daco-Romana) is the term used to identify the Romanian language in contexts where distinction needs to be made between the various Eastern Romance languages or dialects (Daco-Romanian, Aromanian, Istro-Romanian, and Megleno-Romanian). The Eastern Romance languages, sometimes known as the Vlach languages, are a group of Romance languages that developed in Southeastern Europe Vulgar Latin (in Latin sermo vulgaris, "folk speech" is a Blanket term covering the popular Dialects and Sociolects of the Latin The Eastern Romance languages developed from the Proto-Romanian language which in turn developed from the Vulgar Latin spoken in a region of the Balkans Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance History and politics Status Serbian statistics list Vlach and Romanian languages separately depending of what people declared in census Romanian (technically called Daco-Romanian) shares practically the same Grammar and most of the vocabulary and phonological processes with the other three surviving This article on Romanian nouns is related to the Romanian grammar and belongs to a series of articles on the Romanian language. This article on Romanian verbs is related to the Romanian grammar and belongs to a series of articles on the Romanian language. The Romanian numbers are the system of Number names used in Romanian to express counts quantities ranks in ordered sets fractions multiplication and other information This article discusses the Phonology of the Romanian language. The lexis of the Romanian language (or Daco-Romanian) a Romance language, has changed over the centuries as the language evolved The Romanian Academy ( Romanian: Academia Română) is a cultural forum founded in Romania in 1866. The Academy of Sciences of Moldova ( Romanian Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei) established in 1946 is the main scientific organization of the Republic of Moldova Aromanian ( limba armãneascã, armãneshce or armãneashti) also known as Macedo-Romanian, Arumanian or Vlach in most Megleno-Romanian (known as Vlăheşte by speakers and Moglenitic, Meglenitic or Megleno-Romanian by linguists is a Romance language Istro-Romanian is an Eastern Romance language, or a Dialect of the Romanian language. The Grammar of the Istro-Romanian language shares similar grammar with other Eastern Romance languages. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance The Eastern Romance languages, sometimes known as the Vlach languages, are a group of Romance languages that developed in Southeastern Europe Aromanian ( limba armãneascã, armãneshce or armãneashti) also known as Macedo-Romanian, Arumanian or Vlach in most Istro-Romanian is an Eastern Romance language, or a Dialect of the Romanian language. Megleno-Romanian (known as Vlăheşte by speakers and Moglenitic, Meglenitic or Megleno-Romanian by linguists is a Romance language Certain sources classify these four languages as dialects of a larger Romanian language^[1], hence the need for this distinction. Romanian or Daco-Romanian ( dated: Rumanian or Roumanian; self designation limba română, ˈlimba roˈmɨnə is a Romance It is spoken by 26-30 million people.

The origin of the term "Daco-Romanian" can be traced back to the first printed book of Romanian grammar ^[2], written by Samuil Micu and Gheorghe Şincai. Samuil Micu Klein (September 1745 - 13 May 1806) was a Romanian theologist historian philologist and philosopher a member of the Enlightenment-era movement of Gheorghe Şincai ( February 28 1754 &ndash November 2 1816) was an ethnic Romanian Transylvanian historian philologist There, the Romanian dialect spoken north of the Danube is called lingua Daco-Romana to emphasize its origin and its area of use, which includes the former Roman province of Dacia (though it is spoken also south of the Danube, in Dobroudja, Central Serbia and northern Bulgaria). The Danube (In Donau from earlier Danuvius, Celtic *dānu, meaning "to flow run" Slovak and Polish Dunaj Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Dacia, in ancient geography was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Hellenes ( Greeks) " Getae " Vlachs ( Endonym: Rumâni, Serbian: Власи or Vlasi) are an ethnic group of Serbia, culturally and linguistically

See also

• Origin of Romanians: Daco-Romanian continuity

References

1. ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica article on "Romanian" http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9083828
2. ^ Samuil Micu, Gheorghe Şincai, Elementa linguae daco-romanae sive valachicae, Vienna, 1780. The Romanians (also sometimes referred to along with other Balkan Latin peoples as Vlachs) are a people speaking Romanian, a Romance language