Endangered Languages Project - Aromanian

Aromanian

^{[aka Armãneashti, Armãneascã, Armãneshce]}

Classification: Indo-European

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		Armãneashti, Armãneascã, Armãneshce, Rrămăneashti, Machiduneashti, Armân, Arumanian, Armina, Vlach, Arumun, Aromunian, Macedo-Romanian, Macedo-Rumanian, Other Roumanian Lects
CLASSIFICATION		Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern Romance
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		rup
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

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Information from: “Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages” . Christopher Moseley (2005) RoutledgeCurzon

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
350,000
Native speakers worldwide

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: Thessaly, Epirus, Central Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Greek Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia (Nis, Kladovo)

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
123,300
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"50,000 [speakers] in Greece (Salminen 1993). Ethnic population: 700,000 in Greece (Association of French Aromanians)."

PLACES: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Serbia and Montenegro; Romania; Albania; Bulgaria; Macedonia; Greece; Serbia;

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
500,000
Native speakers worldwide

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
306,237
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

40.2292,21.1376

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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing