Vlaheşte

Megleno-Romanian

Indo-European

FamilyIndo-European Speakers~5K (severely endangered) ScriptLatin CountriesGreece, North Macedonia Official inGreece Vitalityseverely endangered ISO 639-3ruq

Megleno-Romanian (Vlaheşte, "Vlach speech") is one of the four Eastern Romance languages, the third-smallest after Istro-Romanian (now nearly extinct). Spoken in the Meglen Valley straddling the Greece–North Macedonia border by ~5,000 ethnic Vlachs, Megleno-Romanian descended from the same medieval Vlach migrations that produced Aromanian (rup) but settled further east in the Macedonian highlands. Linguistically, Megleno-Romanian shares Eastern Romance features with Romanian (definite article suffixed, distinctive case morphology, Slavic vocabulary loans) but with significant Bulgarian/Macedonian Slavic influence. UNESCO classifies severely endangered with intergenerational transmission largely lost.

Where it is spoken

31 core words in Megleno-Romanian

Water

apâ

/ˈapɨ/

Fire

foc

/fok/

Sun

soari

/ˈsoari/

Moon

lunâ

/ˈlunɨ/

Star

steauã

/ˈste̯awə/

Mother

mumâ

/ˈmumɨ/

Father

tatâ

/ˈtatɨ/

I

io

/jo/

You

tu

/tu/

Name

numi

/ˈnumi/

Eye

ocl

/okl/

Hand

mâna

/ˈmɨna/

Heart

inima

/ˈinima/

Love

ublami

/ˈublami/

Tree

lemnu

/lemnu/

House

casa

/ˈkasa/

Dog

câni

/ˈkɨni/

Cat

mâța

/ˈmɨtsa/

Eat

mâcari

/mɨˈkari/

Drink

beari

/ˈbeari/

One

unu

/ˈunu/

Two

doi

/doj/

Hello

ubavu

/uˈbavu/

Thank you

hăirau

/hɨiˈrau/

Good

bunu

/ˈbunu/

Cuckoo

cuc

/kuk/

Sources

Words compared

Compared with related Indo-European languages

Meaning Megleno-RomanianAromanianRomanianChavacanoInterlingueOld Italian (Dantesque)Old Spanish
Water apâ /ˈapɨ/ apâ /ˈapɨ/ apă /apə/ agua /ˈaɡwa/ aqua /ˈakwa/ acqua /ˈakːwa/ agua /ˈaɣwa/
Fire foc /fok/ foc /fok/ foc /fok/ fuego /ˈfweɡo/ foy /foj/ foco /ˈfɔko/ fuego /ˈfweɣo/
Sun soari /ˈsoari/ soare /ˈso̯are/ soare /so̯are/ sol /sol/ sole /ˈsole/ sole /ˈsole/ sol /sol/
Moon lunâ /ˈlunɨ/ lunâ /ˈlunɨ/ lună /lunə/ luna /ˈluna/ lune /ˈlune/ luna /ˈluna/ luna /ˈluna/
Star steauã /ˈste̯awə/ steauã /ˈste̯awə/ stea /ste̯a/ estrella /esˈtɾeja/ stelle /ˈstele/ stella /ˈstella/ estrella /esˈtɾeʎa/
Mother mumâ /ˈmumɨ/ mumâ /ˈmumɨ/ mamă /mamə/ nana /ˈnana/ matre /ˈmatre/ madre /ˈmaːdre/ madre /ˈmaðre/
Father tatâ /ˈtatɨ/ tatâ /ˈtatɨ/ tată /tatə/ tata /ˈtata/ patre /ˈpatre/ padre /ˈpaːdre/ padre /ˈpaðre/
I io /jo/ io /jo/ eu /jew/ yo /jo/ yo /jo/ io /ˈio/ yo /jo/
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