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ISO 639-3 · ruoruo
Indo-European family
Istro-Romanian
Istro-Romanian is a language of the Eastern Romance branch (Indo-European), spoken in Croatia. Wikidata counts about 1,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Romance language of the Balkans”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ruo- Glottocode
istr1245- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 7 Shifting
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 45 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
7EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Istro-Romanian |
|---|---|
| Also called | Istro Romanian, Istro-Romanian language, Rumârește, Vlășește |
| All speakers | 1,000 |
Vitality
EGIDS 7 Shifting7
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Severely endangered
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Istro-Romanian
The branches above Istro-Romanian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
414Indo-Europeanfamily66Italicbranch59Latino-Faliscanbranch57Romancebranch5Eastern RomancebranchruoIstro-Romanianlanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

Also spoken in Croatia
hbsSerbo-CroatianIndo-European · 19 mhunHungarianUralic · 12.6 m1 · NationalsrpSerbianunclassified · 9 m1 · NationalhrvCroatianIndo-European · 7 m1 · NationalbosBosnianunclassified · 3.5 m1 · NationalslvSloveneIndo-European · 2.4 m1 · NationalvecVenetianIndo-European · 2 m5 · DevelopingrueRusynIndo-European · 610,0006a · VigorousrskPannonian RusynIndo-European · 14,185Definitely endangeredcsqCroatian Sign Languageunclassified · 13,0005 · Developing