ROMANIAN LANGUAGE AND ITS DIALECTS
Accepted
26 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2014
Abstract
THE ROMANIAN LANGUAGE, THE CONTINUANCE OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE SPOKEN IN THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE FORMER ROMAN EMPIRE, COMES WITH ITS FOUR DIALECTS: DACO - ROMANIAN, AROMANIAN, MEGLENO -ROMANIAN AND ISTRO -ROMANIAN TO COMPLETE THE EUROPEAN LINGUISTIC PALETTE. THE ROMANIAN LINGUISTS HAVE ALWAYS SHOWN A PERMANENT CONCERN FOR BOTH THE IDENTITY AND THE STATUS OF THE ROMANIAN LANGUAGE AND ITS DIALECTS, THUS SUPPORTING THE EXISTENCE OF THE ETHNIC, LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL PARTICULARITIES OF THE MINORITIES AND REJECTING, FIRMLY, ANY ATTEMPT TO ASSIMILATE THEM BY FORCE
Keywords
MULTILINGUALISM
DIALECT
ASSIMILATION
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
SPOKEN
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