Aromanian alphabet

Aromanian alphabet

The Aromanian alphabet is a variant of the Latin alphabet used for writing the Aromanian language . The current version of the alphabet was suggested at the in 1997 at the "Symposium for Standardisation of the Aromanian Writing System" in Bitola, Republic of Macedonia. It was then adopted by most Aromanian writers in the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria and Romania [ Cunia, T. [http://www.farsarotul.org/nl23_3.htm On the Standardisation of the Aromanian System of Writing] ] .

Alphabet

The alphabet consists of 34 letters, 7 of which are digraphs. [ [http://www.omniglot.com/writing/aromanian.htm Aromanian alphabet at Omniglot] ]

History

Prior to adoption of the current writing system, Aromanian had been written using a wide variety of scripts, including the Greek and Cyrillic alphabets.

With the standardisation of Romanian, a language closely related to Aromanian, and the opening of Romanian schools in the southern Balkans, the Romanian alphabet was used to write Aromanian.

In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a renewed push for creating a standard writing system. Aromanian began being taught in schools in the Republic of Macedonia, Albania, and Romania. Members of various Aromanian societies around the world held conferences every few years, all with the main goal of promoting a standard Aromanian alphabet.

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