Common Romanian

Common Romanian
Proto-Romanian
Reconstruction ofEastern Romance languages
RegionBalkans and part of Eastern Europe
Erac. 6th or 7th – 10th or 11th centuries
Reconstructed
ancestors

Common Romanian (Romanian: română comună), also known as Ancient Romanian (străromână), or Proto-Romanian (protoromână), is a comparatively reconstructed Romance language which evolved from Vulgar Latin and was spoken by the ancestors of today's Romanians, Aromanians, Megleno-Romanians, Istro-Romanians and related Balkan Latin peoples (Vlachs) between the 6-7th centuries AD. and the 10th or 11th centuries AD. The Romanian language, the Aromanian language, the Megleno-Romanian language, and the Istro-Romanian language all share language innovations rooted in Vulgar Latin, and as a group they are all distinct from the other Romance languages.