Daco-Romanian

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Daco-Romanian (Romanian: limba dacoromânǎ, 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). Certain sources classify these four languages as dialects of a larger Romanian language^[1], hence the need for this distinction. It is spoken by 26-30 millions 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. 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.

[edit] See also

• Istro-Romanian language
• Aromanian language
• Megleno-Romanian language
• Origin of Romanians: Daco-Romanian continuity
• Moldovan language

Eastern Romance languages
Proto-Romanian language
Substratum
Daco-Romanian (Romanian, Moldovan, Vlach) Grammar | Nouns | Verbs Numerals | Phonology | Lexis
Regulating bodies   Romanian Academy   Academy of Sciences of Moldova
Aromanian
Megleno-Romanian
Istro-Romanian
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[edit] 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.