Romanian dialects

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Romanian dialects are not as varied as in many other Romance languages. The differences between distantly related dialects are mainly in vocabulary and in phonology, as the grammar is almost identical all over the area inhabited by Romanians.

The Romanian is divided into two basic subdivisions, each are further divided into "graiuri" ('speeches'), each being spoken into a region:

• the northern variety - Moldavia, Banat and most of Transylvania
  • Banat (bănăţeană)
  • Maramureş (maramureşeană)
  • Moldavia (moldoveneşte) -- also spoken in the northern part of Dobruja
  • Ardeal (Transylvania) (ardeleneşte)
• the southern variety - in Southern Transylvania (Făgăraş and Braşov areas), Wallachia and southern part of Dobruja
  • Muntenia (munteneşte) -- spoken in Bucharest and the basis of the standard language.
  • Oltenia (olteneşte)
  • Eastern Serbia