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Istro-Romanian | |
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rumârește, vlășește | |
Native to | Croatia |
Region | Istria |
Ethnicity | Istro-Romanians |
Native speakers | 300 (2007)[1] L2 speakers: 1,100 (2007)[1] |
Indo-European
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Early forms | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | ruo |
Glottolog | istr1245 |
ELP | Istro Romanian |
Linguasphere | (varieties: 51-AAD-aa to -ab) 51-AAD-a (varieties: 51-AAD-aa to -ab) |
![]() Istro-Romanian is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
Eastern Romance languages |
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Vulgar Latin language Substratum Thraco-Roman culture |
Romanian |
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Aromanian |
Megleno-Romanian |
Istro-Romanian |
The Istro-Romanian language (Istro Romanian: rumârește, vlășește) is an Eastern Romance language, spoken in a few villages and hamlets in the peninsula of Istria in Croatia, as well as in the diaspora of this people. It is sometimes abbreviated to IR.
While its speakers call themselves Rumeri, Rumeni, they are also known as Vlachs, Rumunski, Ćići and Ćiribiri. The last one, used by ethnic Croats, originated as a disparaging nickname for the language, rather than its speakers.[citation needed]
Due to the fact that its speakers are estimated to be fewer than 500, it is listed among languages that are "severely endangered" in the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger.[4]
It is also considered by some Romanian scholars to be an idiosyncratic offshoot dialect of Romanian.[5]
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