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Istro-Romanian is an Eastern Romance language that is still spoken today in a few villages and hamlets in the peninsula of
Istria, on the northern part of the Adriatic Sea, in what is now Croatia as well as in other countries around the world where
the Istro-Romanian people settled after the two world wars, most notably in Italy, the United States, Canada, Argentina, Australia,
Sweden, Germany, and other countries. Before the 20th century, it was spoken in a substantially broader part of northeastern
Istria surrounding the Ćićarija mountain range (ancient Mons Carusadius) all the way up to Trieste. Its remaining speakers
call themselves Vlahi (a name given to them by Slavs), as well as Rumunski, Rumeni, Rumeri, Rumunji, as well as Ćići and Ćiribiri
(this last being a nickname that was previously used disparagingly to identify the Istro-Romanian language, not its speakers).
The Istro-Romanians today are labeled today into two groups: the Ćići around Žejane (denoting the people on the north side
of Mt. Učka) and the Vlahi around Šušnjevica (denoting the people on the south side of Mt. Učka . However, despite distinctions
and interjection of words from other languages which varies from village to village, their language is otherwise linguistically
identical. The number of Istro-Romanian speakers is very loosely estimated to be less than 500, the smallest ethnic group
in Europe and listed among languages that are seriously endangered in the UNESCO Red Book of Endangered Languages. Due to
its very small number of speakers living in about eight minor hamlets and two considerable villages, notably Žejane and Šušnjevica,
there is no public education or news media in their native Istro-Romanian language. There are also several hundred native
speakers who live not only in Queens, New York, but throughout the five boroughs of New York City, as well as in upstate New
York and the neighboring states of New Jersey and Connecticut; there are also still native speakers in California. There are
native speakers of Istro-Romanian in Italy, Canada, Argentina, Sweden, and Australia. Since 2010, the Croatian Constitution
recognizes Romanians as one of 22 national minorities. However, there have been many significant challenges facing Istro-Romanians
in preserving their language, culture and ethnic identity, including emigration from communism and migration to nearby cities
and towns after World War II, when the Paris Peace Treaty with Italy that was signed on February 10, 1947 took Istria away
from Italy and awarded it to Yugoslavia, the parent country of present-day Croatia and Slovenia, who split Istria in two parts
amongst themselves, while Italy retained the small portion near Trieste. |
Names (more)[an] Idioma istrorrumán[bg] Истрорумънски език [ca] Istroromanès [de] Istrorumänische Sprache [en] Istro Romanian [eo] Istrorumana lingvo [eu] Istro-romaniera [fa] زبان ایسترو-رومانی [fi] Istro-romania [fr] Istro-roumain [gl] Lingua istrio-romanesa [hr] Istrorumunjski jezik [hu] Isztroromán nyelv [ia] Lingua istro-romanian [it] Lingua istrorumena [la] Lingua Istroromanica [li] Istro-Roemeens [mk] Истроромански јазик [nl] Istro-Roemeens [pl] Język istrorumuński [pt] Língua istrorromena [ro] Limba istroromână [ru] Истрорумынский язык [es] Idioma istrorrumano [sr] Истро-романски језик [sv] Istrorumänska [zh] 伊斯特罗-罗马尼亚语 |
Language type : Living
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