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Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neac%C8%99u%27s_letter. a lot of peasants didn't go to school back in the day. IT wasn't a massive adoption of French words stop exaggerating things lol
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There might be some truth to it. I can speak French fluently and I can understand Italian and Spanish when written without a translation tool. Portuguese and Romanian seem a little more challenging.
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No, old Romanian didn't have a stronger Slavic flavor. In fact, old Romanian had a larger proportion of Latin origin words. Many of these were later re-imported from French as modern counterparts to medieval words.
Regardless, no Latinization of Romanian ever happened, first of all because one could not teach illiterate peasants how to speak with more Latin origin words, since 95% of the population never went to school during the 1750-1850 period (starting with Scoala Ardeleana) when this supposed Relatinization took place.
Romanian, like any other European language, went through a process of modernization during the 18 and 19th centuries - not more, not less than other European languages. Modern concepts were imported from French, and older words, tied to medieval life, be them of Latin or Slavic origin, saw a decrease in usage. However, these older words were never suppressed in the language, they are still part of the Romanian vocabulary, and in specific contexts (like for instance in religious speech) they are still in use.
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Standard Romanian does not sound Slavic. If Romanian sounds Slavic, then anything sounds Slavic - it's a completely random thing to say.
You can check this thread for a comparison of Romanian and other languages:
https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...anian-in-sound
Some Romanians, particularly those from Rep of Moldova, may speak Romanian with a Russian accent because they are bilingual (they speak both Romanian and Russian at native levels).
Romanian does have some Slavic origin vocabulary, but it is changed so much from the original that it is actually not recognized by Slavic speakers (with no training in Romanian).
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