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ISO 639-3 · ruqruq
Indo-European family
Megleno-Romanian
Megleno-Romanian is a language of the Eastern Romance branch (Indo-European), spoken in North Macedonia, Greece, Romania and Turkey. Wikidata counts about 5,000 speakers. Wikidata describes it as “Eastern Romance language of the Balkans”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
ruq- Glottocode
megl1237- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Severely endangered
- Wikipedia
- 42 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
4countries
—scripts
5levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Megleno-Romanian |
|---|---|
| Also called | Megleno Romanian, Megleno-Romanian language, roa-ruq, Meglenorumunština, Meglenitic |
| All speakers | 5,000 |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
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 Megleno-Romanian
The branches above Megleno-Romanian, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
414Indo-Europeanfamily66Italicbranch59Latino-Faliscanbranch57Romancebranch5Eastern RomancebranchruqMegleno-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 North Macedonia
romRomaniIndo-European · 46 mDefinitely endangeredbulBulgarianIndo-European · 9 m1 · NationalsrpSerbianunclassified · 9 m1 · NationalsqiAlbanianunclassified · 6.2 mSafemkdMacedonianIndo-European · 2 m1 · NationalrmyVlax RomaniIndo-European · 538,4806b · ThreatenedbgxBalkan Gagauz TurkishTurkic · 464,0007 · ShiftingchuChurch SlavonicIndo-European6b · ThreatenedalnGheg Albanianunclassified5 · Developing