Aromanians, indigenous of the Balkans

[Redar14]

Nah, modern Serbs mainly descend from western Poles + indigenous Thraco-Illyrians

Absurd. Slavic influence in serbian population come from Serbo-Lusatians.

[Daos]

We need to determine the AGE of the term 'cincari'. It LOOKS like it could be derived from 'quinque', like French 'cinq', but can it really be satisfactorily demonstrated?

Arumanian for 'five' is tinti apparently, but perhaps the 't' is pronounced 'ts' in that language?

In Romanian it's "cinci", so yes, I'm certain "tsintsi" is derived from the Latin "cinque".

I've translated part of the Romanian Wikipedia article on Aromanians:

The Serbian lexicographer Vuk Stefanović Karadžić explains this name in that the sounds ce and ci from Latin are pronounce by the Aromanians tse and tsi. Karadžić also advanced the hypothesis that tsintsari comes from tsintsi, but Theodor Capidan stated that the relatively rare use of the word tsintsi cannot explain this name, and that it could more likely be attributed to the high frequency of the use of the sounds tse and tsi in Aromanian, such as in sentences like "Tse fatsi?" (Ce faci? - How are you?).

[пустиняк]

Ioannis Kolletis - Prime Minister of Greece of Vlach origin

Ioannis Kolettis (Greek: Ιωάννης Κωλέττης) (1773 - 1847) was a Greek politician who played a significant role in Greek affairs from the Greek War of Independence through the early years of the Greek Kingdom, including as Minister to France and serving twice as Prime Minister.
Early life
Kolettis was born in Syrrako, Epirus and played a leading role in the political life of the Greek state in the 1830s and 1840s. Kolettis was of Vlach origin and studied medicine in Pisa, Italy and was influenced by the Carbonari movement and started planning his return to Epirus in order to participate in Greece's independence struggles.
Greek War of Independence
In 1813, he settled at Ioannina, where he served as a doctor and after gaining standing he was recruited as the personal doctor of Ali Pasa's son, Muqtar Pasa. He remained in Ioannina till March 1821, when he entered Filiki Eteria and left for Syrrako, together with chieftain Raggos, in order to spread the revolution into the Rumelia, but his efforts quickly failed because of the rapid reaction of the Ottoman army. Kolettis was the leader of the pro-French party and based his power on his relations with the leaders of Rumeli but also on his ability to eliminate his adversaries by acting behind the scenes.
Political career after 1821
When John Capodistria landed at Nafplio in January 1828 as Governor, he was appointed as governor of Samos and later, on July, 1829 as Minister of Defense. In October 1831, Capodistria was assassinated; in the ensuing civil war, which lasted until 1832, Kolettis was once again leader of the Roumeliot Party. He tried, along with Theodoros Kolokotronis and Augustinos Kapodistrias to form a government but due to severe disagreements the coalition was dissolved.
Political career during Otto's reign
Until Otto of Greece reached adulthood, Kolettis was Minister of the Navy and Minister of Defense. In 1835, he was sent to France as the ambassador where he created connections with French politicians and intellectuals. He returned to Greece after the coup that broke out in Athens in September 1843, which forced King Otto to grant a constitution and Kolettis took part in the subsequent Constitutional Assembly. To contest the elections in 1844, he formed a party, the French Party (Γαλλικό Κόμμα) and together with Andreas Metaxas, leader of the English Party formed a government. When Metaxas resigned, he became Prime Minister and served as such until his death in 1847. He is credited with conceiving the Megali Idea or "Great Idea" which became the core of Greek foreign policy until the early 20th century.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannis_Kolettis

[Ouistreham]

For those who don't know: Marie-Christine Arnautu, a vice-president of the French Front National and it's first spokesman for the Paris region, is born of a family of Aromanian immigrants.

She is a little women of 50 with an amazing load of energy and will within her short stature :

[Duke]

Istrian-Ćići, Ćiribirci










ALthough they kept latin language, national costumes of them are simmilar to ours, and they have similar traditions, for instance


Them


Us

[chyyris]

Question for Romanian users: Do you understand and how much Aromanian dialect from Andon Poci in southern Albania?


Aromanian dialect from the clip sound very different from Aromanian language from Macedonia and Greece and from Romanian language.
According to some comments at youtube Romanians understand only 1/4 what this guy speak.
Aromanian language sounds almost identical as Romanian to me, but this dialect from clip sounds very different from Romanian.

[NSXD60]

Guy in first pic looks like he frequents Turkish tailors.

[ovidiu]

Question for Romanian users: Do you understand and how much Aromanian dialect from Andon Poci in southern Albania?


Aromanian dialect from the clip sound very different from Aromanian language from Macedonia and Greece and from Romanian language.
According to some comments at youtube Romanians understand only 1/4 what this guy speak.
Aromanian language sounds almost identical as Romanian to me, but this dialect from clip sounds very different from Romanian.

Yeah that particular dialect I only understand about a quarter of it. One weird thing I noticed is he does this thing where he rolls his r's in the back of his throat in an almost pseudo-French way, something I've noticed among a fair amount of Romanians, particularly peasants and country folk (Ceausescu had it as well, and he was not well educated). I always thought it stemmed from a speech impediment of some kind, but maybe it actually has deeper roots! Really interesting.

I can understand this guy a bit more.



Slightly less these people, although the difference isn't huge

[Pribislav]

In southwestern Bosnia near Livno there is mountain Cincar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincar
Cincar means Aromanian on Serbian language.

Cincars/Aromanians somethimes in the past as semi-nomads broughted livestock to Dinaric Alps for the pastures and returned to Pindus.
Mountain Cincar keep memory on semi-nomadic Aromanians which feeded their livestock there.