Arumun · Vlach
An Eastern Romance variety spoken across the southern Balkans. Often classified as a separate language; carries significant contact influence from Greek, Albanian, and Slavic.
- Spoken in
- Approximate centre
- 40.64°, 22.94°
Dialect comparison
Aromanian vs Daco-Romanian
Compare two dialects of Romanian side by side — where they're spoken, what they're called, and how they relate.
Standard Romanian
The Bucharest-based standard of Romanian, spoken across Romania and Moldova. The largest Eastern Romance language and the basis of the modern literary standard.
- Approximate centre
- 44.43°, 26.10°
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Which one to learn
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DialectAromanianAn Eastern Romance variety spoken across the southern Balkans. Often classified as a separate language; carries significant contact influence from Greek, Albanian, and Slavic.DialectDaco-RomanianThe Bucharest-based standard of Romanian, spoken across Romania and Moldova. The largest Eastern Romance language and the basis of the modern literary standard.AtlasExplore the atlasRead the full picture of Romanian and the dialects within it.