Romanian, Megleno

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A language of Greece

ISO 639-3
ruq
Alternate Names
Meglenite, Meglenitic
Population

3,000 (2002). Total users in all countries: 5,000.

Location

Macedonia and Thrace administrative unit: Kilkis and Pella regional units, Meglen area, north of Salonika.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern
Dialects

None known. Structurally a distinct language from Romanian [ron], Aromanian [rup], and Istro Romanian [ruo] (Agard 1984).

Language Use

Few if any child speakers (Salminen 2007).

Language Development
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Romanian, Megleno
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

The 4 Romanian languages split between 500 and 1000 A.D.

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