Megleno-Romanians

The Meglenorumänen, also Meglenische Vlachs, are a Roman, Meglenorumänisch speaking population in northern Greece and southern Macedonia.

The language area of ​​the Meglenorumänen is partially surrounded by the Romanesque Aromanians, yet the two nations are to be distinguished because of the different history and the spoken idioms.

The ancestors of the Meglenorumänen probably migrated in the 14th century in today's space, and it is thought that they originate from the southern Wallachia. That's why they have more in common with the Dakorumänen. What is noticeable in the Meglenorumänen that they (unlike the Dakorumänen, Aromanians and Istrorumänen ) even refer to themselves in their native language as " Vlachs " ( meglenorumänisch: " Vlasi ").

While Greek influences occur at the Aromanians in their language, the Megleno - Vlachs have a Slavic character. Some scientists consider the Meglenorumänen as part of the Romanian people and Meglenorumänisch as a Romanian dialect. The Meglenorumänen mostly belong to the Orthodox Christian Church. A small Muslim group migrated to the beginning of the 20th century in Turkey (mainly Eastern Thrace ) from ( Karadjaovalides ). 1926 450 immigrant families from the villages: Osani, Liumnita, Cupa, Lundzini, Birislav and Livezi in the Romanian Dobrogea from (today they live mainly in the municipality Cerna in Tulcea County ).