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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Europe > Greece > Romanian, Megleno

Romanian, Megleno

A language of Greece

ISO 639-3ruq

Population  3,000 in Greece (2002 N. Nicholas). Population total all countries: 5,000.
Region  Kilkis Prefecture, Meglen region, north of Salonika. Also in Macedonia.
Language map  Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Alternate names   Meglenite, Meglenitic
Dialects  Structurally a distinct language from Romanian [rom], Aromanian [rup], and Istro Romanian [ruo](F. Agard).
Classification  Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern
Comments  The 4 Romanian languages split between 500 and 1000 A.D.

Also spoken in:

Macedonia

Language name   Romanian, Megleno
Population  2,000 in Macedonia (Nicholas 2002).
Language map  Greece and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia