Romanian, Istro

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A language of Croatia

ISO 639-3
ruo
Alternate Names
Istrio-Romanian, Istro-Romanian, Roma, Romani
User Population

1,400, all users. L1 users: 300 (Salminen 2007). L2 users: 1,100 (Salminen 2007).

Location

Primorje-Gorski Kotar county: Žejane village, Istrian peninsula, south towards northern reaches of Kvarner gulf.

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Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification
Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Eastern
Dialects

None known. Structurally distinct from Romanian [ron] (Agard 1984). Split from the other 3 Romanian languages between 500 and 1000 A.D. Different from Istriot [ist].

Language Use

Adults only. No children and few younger speakers (Salminen 2007). All shifting to Croatian [hrv] (Salminen 2007). All shifting to Serbian [srp] (Salminen 2007).

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Romanian, Istro