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Istro-Romanian

Romance language of the Balkans

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Native to: Croatia
Region: Istria
Ethnicity: Istro-Romanians
Native speakers: 300 (2007) , L2 speakers : 1,100 (2007)
Language family: Indo-European Italic Latino-Faliscan Latin Romance Eastern Romance Northern Romanian? Istro-Romanian
Early forms: Old Latin Vulgar Latin Proto-Romance Common Romanian
Iso 639 3: ruo
Glottolog: istr1245
Elp: Istro Romanian
Linguasphere: (varieties: 51-AAD-aa to -ab) 51-AAD-a (varieties: 51-AAD-aa to -ab)

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The Istro-Romanian language (vlåški, žejånski) is an Eastern Romance language, spoken in a few villages and hamlets in the peninsula of Istria in Croatia, as well as in the diaspora of this people. It is sometimes abbreviated to IR.

While its speakers call themselves Rumeri, Rumeni, they are also known as Vlachs, Rumunski, Ćići and Ćiribiri. The last one, used by ethnic Croats, originated as a disparaging nickname for the language, rather than its speakers.