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The Romanian dialects (Romanian: subdialecte or graiuri) are the several regional varieties of the Romanian language (Daco-Romanian).The dialects are divided into two types, northern and southern, but further subdivisions are less clear, so the number of dialects varies between two and occasionally twenty.
The history of the Romanian language started in the Roman provinces north of the Jireček Line in Classical antiquity but there are 3 main hypotheses about its exact territory: the autochthony thesis (it developed in left-Danube Dacia only), the discontinuation thesis (it developed in right-Danube provinces only), and the "as-well-as" thesis that supports the language development on both sides ...
Ethnic composition of Romania. Localities with a Hungarian majority or plurality are shown in dark green. After the fall of Romania's communist government in 1989, the various minority languages have received more rights, and Romania currently has extensive laws relating to the rights of minorities to use their own language in local administration and the judicial system.
The Oltenian dialect (Romanian: subdialectul/graiul oltenesc) is a dialect of the Romanian language spoken in the region of Oltenia, in Romania. Regionalisms from Oltenia include cloță ( găină in standard Romanian, "chicken"), oichi ( ochi , "eye") and a străfiga ( a strănuta , "to sneeze"). [ 1 ]
Classifications made until the late 19th century included a Transylvanian dialect, [1] but as soon as detailed language facts became available, in the early 20th century, that view was abandoned. In 1908, Gustav Weigand used phonetic differences and reached the conclusion that the Romanian in Transylvania was a mosaic of transition varieties. [2]
The Moldavian dialect has the following phonetic particularities that contrast it with the other Romanian dialects: Consonants The postalveolar affricates [t͡ʃ, d͡ʒ] become the fricatives [ʃ, ʒ] : [ˈʃapɨ, ˈʃinɨ, ˈʒeni] for standard şé pă , şí nî , ĝè ni spelled ceapă, cină, gene (they are not also palatalized like in the ...
Pages in category "Romanian language varieties and styles" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Аԥсшәа; العربية; Aragonés; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Башҡортса; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца)