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	\|name=Vlach ~~/ Romanian~~		\|name=Vlach
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	]<br />Blue: Southern varieties<br />Red: Northern varieties]]		]<br />Blue: Southern varieties<br />Red: Northern varieties]]
			'''Vlach is the term used to designate the language spoken by the ].
	'''Vlach / ]'''<ref name="consiliu">Website of the </ref> (''limba română'' in own designation,<ref>Website of the </ref> sometimes ''rumâneşte / rumâneşce''; Влашки / ''Vlaški'' in ]) are the terms used to designate the ]<ref>Gustav Weigand, ''Linguistischer Atlas des dacorumänischen Sprachgebiets'', 1909, Leipzig: Barth</ref><ref>Petru Neiescu, Eugen Beltechi, Nicolae Mocanu, ''Atlas lingvistic al regiunii Valea Timocului – Contribuţii la atlasul lingvistic al graiurilor româneşti dintre Morava, Dunăre şi Timoc'', Cluj-Napoca, 2006</ref><ref>Slavoljub Gacović, ''Od Rimljana i latinskog do Rumuna Timočana i rumunskog, Nacionalni savet vlaške nacionalne manjine'', Bor, 2008</ref> spoken by the ].

	==Status==		==Status==
	Serbian statistics list Vlach ~~and~~ ~~Romanian~~ ~~languages separately depending of what people declared~~ in census. ~~This however, does not mean that Serbian government have official position whether Vlach and Romanian are separate languages. ] hadn't assigned it a separate language code in the ] standard.~~ In the 2002 census, 40,054 people in Serbia declared themselves ethnic ] and 54,818 people declared themselves native speakers of the Vlach language. The language of the questionings was Serbian.		Serbian statistics list Vlach as separate language in census. In the 2002 census, 40,054 people in Serbia declared themselves ethnic ] and 54,818 people declared themselves native speakers of the Vlach language. The language of the questionings was Serbian.

	The Vlach language does not have any official status and it is not standardized,<ref name="Danas">'']'' , 19 March 2007</ref> thus some members of Vlach community ask for official usage of standard Romanian in the areas inhabited by Vlachs until the standardization of the Vlach language.<ref name="Danas"/>		The Vlach language does not have any official status and it is not standardized,<ref name="Danas">'']'' , 19 March 2007</ref> thus some members of Vlach community ask for official usage of standard Romanian in the areas inhabited by Vlachs until the standardization of the Vlach language.<ref name="Danas"/>

	For historical reasons connected with the multicultural region of ], ] is listed as a separate language in latest Serbian census, the number of its speakers was 34,515, while 34,576 people declared themselves as ethnic ]. The declared Vlach speakers are mostly concentrated in eastern Serbia, mainly in the ] region and adjacent areas, while declared Romanian speakers are mostly concentrated in ].		The declared Vlach speakers are mostly concentrated in eastern Serbia, mainly in the ].

		⚫	The "National Council of Vlachs in Serbia" listed Romanian in its statute as the language of the Vlach minority. (BBC)
	According to some sources in the media (among others ], ] and ]), Serbia recognised Romanian as the native language of the Vlachs, through the act of confirmation of the ''National Council of the Vlach (Roumanian) National Minority'' in August 2007.<ref name="BBC"> (''"Vlahii din Serbia recunoscuţi ca minoritate naţională"''), published by BBC on 17 August 2007: "Vlachs were finally recognised as a national minority and the Romanian language was accepted as their native language"</ref><ref> (''"Limba română recunoscută drept limbă maternă în Serbia"''], news report made by Ştirile ] on 19 August 2007</ref><ref> (''"Serbia a recunoscut că «vlahii» din Timoc vorbesc româneşte"''), published in ], 3 August 2007</ref>

⚫	The "National Council of Vlachs ~~(Roumanians)~~ in Serbia" listed Romanian in its statute as the language of the Vlach minority.~~<ref~~ ~~name="~~BBC~~"/>~~

	==Features==		==Features==
	Its two main variants, '''Ungurean''' and '''Ţăran''', are subordonated forms ~~of the Romanian varieties~~ spoken in ] and ], respectively.		Its two main variants, '''Ungurean''' and '''Ţăran''', are subordonated forms spoken in ] and ], respectively.

	The speakers have been isolated from Romania and their speech did not keep up with the neologisms (for some abstract notions, as well as technological, political and scientific concepts) borrowed by the Romanian speakers on the other shore of the Danube from French and Italian and as such, they're using Serbian counterparts instead, as Serbian has been the language of education for nearly two centuries.

	==Name==		==Name==
			The term "''Vlach''" is the English transcription of the Serbian term used to describe this language (''vlaški'').
	The term "''Vlach''" is the English transcription of the Serbian term used to describe this language (''vlaški''), while "''Romanian''" or "''Roumanian''" is the English transcription of its Vlach/Romanian counterpart (''român/rumân'').<ref></ref><ref>: "We all know that we call ourselves in Romanian Romanians and in Serbian Vlachs."</ref>

	For example, the National Council representing Vlach minority is called:~~<ref name="consiliu"/>~~		For example, the National Council representing Vlach minority is called:
	*''Consiliul Naţional al Minorităţii Naţionale '''Rumâne''''' in Vlach~~/Romanian,~~		*''Consiliul Naţional al Minorităţii Naţionale '''Rumâne''''' in Vlach
	*Национални савет '''Влашке''' националне мањине, ''Nacionalni Savet '''Vlaške''' Nacionalne Manjine'' in ],		*Национални савет '''Влашке''' националне мањине, ''Nacionalni Savet '''Vlaške''' Nacionalne Manjine'' in ],
	* and ''National Council of '''Vlach ~~(Roumanian)~~''' National Minority'' in English.		* and ''National Council of '''Vlach''' National Minority'' in English.

	Further on, the ~~Romanian/~~Vlach Democratic Party of Serbia is called in ~~Romanian/~~Vlach ''Partidul Democrat al '''Rumânilor''' din Sârbia'' and '''''Vlaška''' Demokratska Stranka'' ('''Влашка''' демократска странка) in Serbian. ~~This happens also with the others institutions of the Vlach minority.~~		Further on, the Vlach Democratic Party of Serbia is called in Vlach ''Partidul Democrat al '''Rumânilor''' din Sârbia'' and '''''Vlaška''' Demokratska Stranka'' ('''Влашка''' демократска странка) in Serbian.

	The term Vlach language(s) is also often used to refer to ] in general, which includes Romanian. There are considerable differences between these Vlach languages (the Greek, Macedonian and Albanian Vlachs, versus the Vlachs of Istria, versus the Vlachs of Eastern Serbia who are closest to Romanians) and untutored native speakers have difficulties understanding each other.		The term Vlach language(s) is also often used to refer to ] in general, which includes Romanian. There are considerable differences between these Vlach languages (the Greek, Macedonian and Albanian Vlachs, versus the Vlachs of Istria, versus the Vlachs of Eastern Serbia who are closest to Romanians) and untutored native speakers have difficulties understanding each other.
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	==References==		==References==
			<references> http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Politika/Vlasi-istochne-Srbije-od-asimilacije-do-rumunizacije.lt.html;
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			Consiliul Naţional al Minorităţii Naţionale Rumâne

	{{Romance languages}}
	{{Romanian language}}
	{{Use British (Oxford) English\|date=August 2010}}		{{Use British (Oxford) English\|date=August 2010}}
	{{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2010}}		{{Use dmy dates\|date=August 2010}}

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Vlach
rumâneşte / rumâneşce
Native to	Serbia
Native speakers	54,818 (2002)
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Eastern Romance Vlach
Language codes
ISO 639-1	`none`
ISO 639-2	`none (B)` `none (T)`
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)

Eastern Romance languages
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Aromanian
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Vlach is the term used to designate the language spoken by the Vlachs of Serbia.

Status

Serbian statistics list Vlach as separate language in census. In the 2002 census, 40,054 people in Serbia declared themselves ethnic Vlachs and 54,818 people declared themselves native speakers of the Vlach language. The language of the questionings was Serbian.

The Vlach language does not have any official status and it is not standardized, thus some members of Vlach community ask for official usage of standard Romanian in the areas inhabited by Vlachs until the standardization of the Vlach language.

The declared Vlach speakers are mostly concentrated in eastern Serbia, mainly in the Timočka Krajina.

The "National Council of Vlachs in Serbia" listed Romanian in its statute as the language of the Vlach minority. (BBC)

Features

Its two main variants, Ungurean and Ţăran, are subordonated forms spoken in Banat and Oltenia, respectively.

Name

The term "Vlach" is the English transcription of the Serbian term used to describe this language (vlaški).

For example, the National Council representing Vlach minority is called:

Consiliul Naţional al Minorităţii Naţionale Rumâne in Vlach
Национални савет Влашке националне мањине, Nacionalni Savet Vlaške Nacionalne Manjine in Serbian,
and National Council of Vlach National Minority in English.

Further on, the Vlach Democratic Party of Serbia is called in Vlach Partidul Democrat al Rumânilor din Sârbia and Vlaška Demokratska Stranka (Влашка демократска странка) in Serbian.

The term Vlach language(s) is also often used to refer to Eastern Romance languages in general, which includes Romanian. There are considerable differences between these Vlach languages (the Greek, Macedonian and Albanian Vlachs, versus the Vlachs of Istria, versus the Vlachs of Eastern Serbia who are closest to Romanians) and untutored native speakers have difficulties understanding each other.