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Is romanian slavic language Continue I don't like it when people think that Romnaian is a Slavic language. This is an insult. It makes me quite !!!!! Romanian is the easternest remnant of the Latin language. In fact, romania's name itself re-re-establishes rome of the Roman Empire. That's why Romanians are also considered Latino, as they share a similar linguistic culture to other sister languages in the West. Something I'm not sure is their people's origin, maybe someone can help me with this one. Thank you Romanian is not Latin, you wish Romanians are Slavic, Slavs are Greek, Greeks are Albanians, Albanians are Turks, Turks are Italian, Italians are Arabs, Arabs are Jews are human Jews and you are guests, only someone else is full of hate, lacks education and... Everything related to it... tehn ofcourse, not busy enough 'cause you are not able to do anything but clamping the mouth on languages forums. You're pathetic! @Alba: I don't want Slavic influence, but that's the truth. Romanian has more common words with Slavic languages than Albanians. But that doesn't mean Romanian is Slavic. Romanian has more common words, such as Italian, than any Slavic language. Grammar is also very important. Disregard for vocative there is no Slavic influence on Romanian grammar. @Amalampere: Still your bucuresti capital in Albanian Bukkuri means beautiful so you can't say there's no connection. Some of them are. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Albanians also have Italian influence since we have a lot of common words like tavolina, makina, etc. and their easy plus for Albanians to learn Italian. I agree with you about Bucuresti from a proper Bucur name related to bucurie (joy), a se bucura (for pleasure), which albanians also have, but with other meanings. Every Romanian at school understands that there are some so-called dacian words in the language, in common with Albanians, such as mazare, manz, varza etc, but they are little. There are other common words with Albanians, but Albanians took them directly from Latin or from Romanian. What about the names of animals how do you say in Albanian to urs(bears), lup (wolves), vulpe(foxes) etc? Like iepure, peste, cal they are also from Latin but I'm sure albanians don't have these words... Es indudable que la lengua rumana es latina, pese a las numerosas palabras eslavas, turcas y griegas que contiene. En cuanto a la gente, tienen algo de teatral y de sensual como los italianos, ya sea en política, en su vida cotidiana o simplemente en la forma de hablar y gesticular, el viajero no hallará este tipo de rasgos en ninguna otra parte de Europa oriental. Xavier's translation: The Romanian language is undoubtedly Latin, despite the numerous Slavic, Turkish and Greek words it has. For people, they have something dramatic and sensible about them like Italians, whether it's in politics, daily life, or simply in a manner of talking and gesturing. A passenger in no other part of Eastern Europe will face such features, he said. (One part of my translation I'm not 100% sure about is that they have something dramatic and sensible about them like Italians, but the general sense must be clear.) - Kef most people see Romanian as a Slavic language because it is in Eastern Europe, where all other Slavic languages are spoken. It is a fact that before the mid-19th century, people of what is now called Romania spoke in predominantly Slavic language with about 20 to 25% of the words derived from Latin. Since the 1850s, significant efforts have been made to re-Latinize Romanians to make it somewhat similar to western romantic languages. Do you have a source to back off? In the 1000s, Romanians and Bulgarians also had the same state. The Emperor of Eastern Rome called it the Vlacho-Bulgarian Empire and for a period of time regularly recognized as the rebellious emperor Ivan Essen, the Vlach person, and called him an advocate of the Orthodox Christian cause. Bulgarians also introduced official texts of religion, forcing Romanians to use Slavic words for an institutionalized church. In this case, the so-called Re-Latinization of the Romanian language of the XIX century was, in fact, a restituito practice in the Integrim, about the romantic language of Romanians just the people of the country's association with its geographical status in Eastern Europe, while all other Latin countries are in Western Europe. the so-called re-latinization of Romanian language from XIX century was, actually, a restituito in integrum act, regarding the Romance language o Romanians. go instead . You just confessed the truth was coming out. Romanian WAS, in fact, became Latin again. A Latin language, romance in Eastern Europe is like having a Slavic, or Asian language spoken in Western Europe. thats not gio . it doesnt make any sense . It's like ketchup on ice cream. Can't. A romantic language certainly existed in ancient Dassaya. However, history has been around too long since the Romans pulled out the way back in remote antiquities. Anyone who tells me that a romantic language naturally evolved from Latin (like it in Western Europe) anywhere in Eastern Europe is full of feces. As discussed in previous entries in our Acrobi linguistic history series, Latin had a major impact on a number of modern languages. One of the most frequently overlooked romantic languages is Romanian. Romanian is a Latin language that is closely related to Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese. Despite being a romantic language, the Romanian often exits romantic language degree programs despite her interesting background and beauty. It is the only romantic language developed in Eastern Europe. Surrounded by Slavic languages and influence, the Romanian managed to stay relatively Roman throughout his long history. At the third entry of the Acarby linguistic history series we will discuss the history of the Romanian language and why such a curious example of linguistic development. Related: Akorbi explains: How romantic languages dominated the Western Roman occupation of Dacia to understand the Romanian language, it is important to understand the history of the people who spoke it. In the 2nd century AD, the Roman Emperor Tagean conquered the People of Ducks in what would later become present-day Romania. After the conquest of Dacia, the Romans successfully colonized the area with immigrants from all over Rome who married and settled with the local population. Unlike many other lands near Dacia, the local population quickly bed Roman and accepted Roman culture as their own. Ironically, historians are unsure of how or why this process will take place. In fact, much of the information about Romanian development remains a mystery as there are no texts found in Romanian before 1521. Regardless of how this happened, one of the results of this Romanization was the spread of Latin as the preferred language of Roman Dasian. Despite the Romans remaining in Dacia for only 165 years, the influence of their culture remained an influence on the people of this region. However, it did not develop without influence. Between the 7th and 9th centuries, eastern European Slavic populations migrated to the Baltics. This migration brought the Slavic language in close contact with Dasian, resulting in the mutual influence of both cultures. To date, Romanian uses many Slavic words and pronunciations and makes it different from other romantic languages. Re-Latinization in the 1800s during the 1800s, Romanian linguists tried to re-Latinize their language. A well-known Romanian writer, Negrozi Slavonism found in Romanian, described a cloth ruined by ugly yarns. However, the Slavic influence was to stay here. Linguists estimate that about 10% of Romanian words have Slavic origins. Romanians have begun to appreciate and embrace the unique beauty of their language. Romanian continues to evolve and borrows from a long list of other languages. Thanks to Romania's unique history and the circumstances surrounding the development of their language, Romanian remains one of the most unique languages in the world. Related: Things you should call about Croatia with Akorbi for Romanian language services despite the small population that speaks Romanian today (~24 million), Akorbi can provide excellent translation services in Romanian, or any of the other 170 languages in which we work. If you need a professional Services, contact Akorbi or call free 1-877-425-6724 for more information. Romance is not confused with Roman language, Roman language, Roman language, Roman language, or Aeranian language. Limba română and Limba Română redirect here. Look at Limba Român (magazine) for the magazine. RomanianDaco-Romanianlimba român amPronunciation[roˈmɨnə]Native toRomania, MoldovaEthnicityRomanians (incl. Moldovans)Native speakers24–26 million (2016)[1]Second language: 4 million[2]L1+L2 speakers: 28–30 millionLanguage familyIndo-European It AlicRomanceEastern RomanceBalkan RomanceRomanianEarly form Proto-Romanian Dialects Transylvanian Crișana Moldavian Banat Wallachian Maramureș Bukovinian Writing SystemLatin (Romanian alphabet)Cy Romanian BrailleOfficial statusOfficial language in Romania Moldova Vojvodina (Serbia) Recognized minoritylanguage in Hungary Ukraine Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina[3]Regulated by Moldovan Language Science UniversityRomanian Academy codes ISO 639-1roISO 639-2rum (B) Ron (T)ISO 639-3ronGlottologroma1327[ 4]Linguasphere51-AAD-c (varieties: 51-AAD-ca to -ck)Blue: region where Romanian is the dominant language. Green: Areas with a significant minority of Romanian-speaking languages. Distribution of Romanian languages in Romania, Moldova and the surroundings. This article contains apitic symbols of IPA. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For a basic guide on IPA icons, see Help:IPA. Rumanian () is a 2017 American film about the Same Name of the Same Name, which was published in 2013.
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  • Romanian Grammar

    Romanian Grammar

    1 Cojocaru Romanian Grammar 0. INTRODUCTION 0.1. Romania and the Romanians 0.2. The Romanian language 1. ALPHABET AND PHONETICS 1.1. The Romanian alphabet 1.2. Potential difficulties related to pronunciation and reading 1.2.1. Pronunciation 1.2.1.1. Vowels [ ǝ ] and [y] 1.2.1.2. Consonants [r], [t] and [d] 1.2.2. Reading 1.2.2.1. Unique letters 1.2.2.2. The letter i in final position 1.2.2.3. The letter e in the initial position 1.2.2.4. The ce, ci, ge, gi, che, chi, ghe, ghi groups 1.2.2.5. Diphthongs and triphthongs 1.2.2.6. Vowels in hiatus 1.2.2.7. Stress 1.2.2.8. Liaison 2. MORPHOPHONEMICS 2.1. Inflection 2.1.1. Declension of nominals 2.1.2. Conjugation of verbs 2.1.3. Invariable parts of speech 2.2. Common morphophonemic alternations 2.2.1. Vowel mutations 2.2.1.1. the o/oa mutation 2.2.1.2. the e/ea mutation 2.2.1.3. the ă/e mutation 2.2.1.4. the a/e mutation 2.2.1.5. the a/ă mutation 2.2.1.6. the ea/e mutation 2.2.1.7. the oa/o mutation 2.2.1.8. the ie/ia mutation 2.2.1.9. the â/i mutation 2.2.1.10. the a/ă mutation 2.2.1.11. the u/o mutation 2.2.2. Consonant mutations 2.2.2.1. the c/ce or ci mutation 2.2.2.2.