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West and East Carpathian form a dialectal continuum and there is no distinct boundary between them. Transitional dialects between East and South Carpathian existed during the Middle Ages, became extinct with native population having switched to Romanian. Although these languages are similar, their standard varieties share a low degree of mutual intelligibility between each other. Since the 1990s several minority groups started seeking recognition as distinct languages rather than dialects of West or East Carpathian, but this topic is still being discussed and they are majorly considered dialects. | West and East Carpathian form a dialectal continuum and there is no distinct boundary between them. Transitional dialects between East and South Carpathian existed during the Middle Ages, became extinct with native population having switched to Romanian. Although these languages are similar, their standard varieties share a low degree of mutual intelligibility between each other. Since the 1990s several minority groups started seeking recognition as distinct languages rather than dialects of West or East Carpathian, but this topic is still being discussed and they are majorly considered dialects. | ||
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The Carpatian languages form a branch of the [[Alpatho-Hirtic|Oronaic language family]]. According to the traditional view, Carpathian is more closely related to Alpian than to Hirtic, forming the Alpathian language group (which was a language family before Hirtya was also included). | The Carpatian languages form a branch of the [[Alpatho-Hirtic languages|Oronaic language family]]. According to the traditional view, Carpathian is more closely related to Alpian than to Hirtic, forming the Alpathian language group (which was a language family before Hirtya was also included). | ||
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Revision as of 10:42, 15 June 2018
The Carpathian languages is a group of closely related languages, spoken in the Carpathian mountains, mainly in Eastern Slovakia and Western Ukraine, but also in Romania. It is a branch of the Oronaic language family. The group is usually divided into three languages, spoken by no more than 90 000 people. These languages are called West Carpathian, East Carpathian and South Carpathian, each having one or more native names.
West and East Carpathian form a dialectal continuum and there is no distinct boundary between them. Transitional dialects between East and South Carpathian existed during the Middle Ages, became extinct with native population having switched to Romanian. Although these languages are similar, their standard varieties share a low degree of mutual intelligibility between each other. Since the 1990s several minority groups started seeking recognition as distinct languages rather than dialects of West or East Carpathian, but this topic is still being discussed and they are majorly considered dialects.
Classification
The Carpatian languages form a branch of the Oronaic language family. According to the traditional view, Carpathian is more closely related to Alpian than to Hirtic, forming the Alpathian language group (which was a language family before Hirtya was also included).