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Vlashki

Istro-Romanian
  • Global speakers: 1,400
  • Glottocode: istr1245
  • ISO 639-3: ruo
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Istro-Romanian (also known as Vlashki or Zheyanski after the villages where it is spoken) today has roughly 1000 speakers worldwide and is severely endangered, according to the linguists Zvjezdana Vrzic and John Singler. Approximately 400 were in the villages where the language was traditionally spoken (Croatian is now dominant), according to their estimates, with an additional 450 elsewhere in Croatia, especially neighboring towns. There may be as many as 400-500 speakers outside Croatia, primarily in the United States (especially New York City) and in western Australia. Within New York, most Istro-Romanian speakers have lived in parts of Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Astoria, while present-day Istro-Romanian poet/musician Silvana Brkarić Krculić lives near Prospect Park in Brooklyn.
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