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Languages of Romania

  • Romanian languageIn the year 587, a Vlach muleteer accompanying a Byzantine army shouted Torna torna fratre to his companion as a load fell from an animal.
  • Hungarian languageGenetic studies have identified Y-DNA haplogroups in ethnic Hungarians, such as N3a-L708, R1a-Z93, and C2-M217. These findings support a westward migration…
  • LatinThe earliest known form of Latin is Old Latin, also called Archaic or Early Latin. It was spoken from the Roman Kingdom, traditionally founded in 753 BC…
  • Greek languageA clay tablet discovered in Messenia dates to between 1450 and 1350 BC. This artifact contains the earliest written evidence of Greek language.