The Romanian Language ­ a Romance and Balkan Language Macedonian-Greek Contrastive Analysis

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Pages: 391-399

Abstract:

Romanian distinguishes itself from the other Romance languages by the presence in its basically Latin structure of some features which give its individuality. These are a series of features shared by Balkan languages as well. To what extent can Romanian, identified by researchers as a Romance language, be considered, both by its geographical position and by some linguistic aspects, as belonging at the same time to the Balkan language family, is an issue which stirred the interest of many researchers. In our paper we intend to review the opinions concerning the concept of “Balkan linguistic union” from its appearance until the present time as well as the place of Romanian language in a Balkan context.

Keywords:

Balkan language family; Balkan linguistic union; Romanian language in a Balkan context; individuality

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