The Aromanian ethnic community in the Republic of Macedonia: ethnographic and ethnolinguistic characteristics
Journal
MINORITY V EURÓPE I. výskum, dokumentácia, prezentácia, revitalizácia
Date Issued
2019
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Abstract
The paper presents the ethnolinguistic and cultural characteristics of one of the
smallest ethnicities in the Republic of Macedonia, the Aromanians. Linguistically,
this ethnicity belongs to the eastern Romance group. In the past, the community was
concentrated in several relatively larger areas in the southwestern part of the Balkans,
primarily in today’s Greece and Albania. Later, the social and political developments
led to the fragmentation of this community into several smaller compact oases
in the region, including in the Republic of Macedonia today. The paper covers the
major ethnographic traits of this ethnic community, with particular reference to the
theories related to its creation and its cultural and social evolution in a specific Balkan
context. We pay particular attention to the development of Aromanian language
through time, to the attempts for its standardization, and to the significant scientific
and research activity aimed at providing its detailed description of all language levels
and thus contributing to the struggle for its preservation.
smallest ethnicities in the Republic of Macedonia, the Aromanians. Linguistically,
this ethnicity belongs to the eastern Romance group. In the past, the community was
concentrated in several relatively larger areas in the southwestern part of the Balkans,
primarily in today’s Greece and Albania. Later, the social and political developments
led to the fragmentation of this community into several smaller compact oases
in the region, including in the Republic of Macedonia today. The paper covers the
major ethnographic traits of this ethnic community, with particular reference to the
theories related to its creation and its cultural and social evolution in a specific Balkan
context. We pay particular attention to the development of Aromanian language
through time, to the attempts for its standardization, and to the significant scientific
and research activity aimed at providing its detailed description of all language levels
and thus contributing to the struggle for its preservation.
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