Editing Istro-Romanian language (section)

==Lexis==
Although it is a Romance language, Istro-Romanian has received a great amount of influence from other languages. According to a 2005 analysis, 50% of the words in Istro-Romanian come from [[Serbo-Croatian]], 16% come from either Serbo-Croatian or [[Slovene language|Slovene]], 3% come from Slovene, 4.7% come from [[Italian language|Italian]]/[[Venetian language|Venetian]], 3.5% come from [[Old Church Slavonic]] and only 25% come from [[Latin]].<ref>{{cite thesis|url=https://kb.osu.edu/handle/1811/92144|title=Phonological Analysis of the Southern Dialect of Istro-Romanian/Vlashki as Compared to Daco-Romanian|first=Maria|last=Cantemir|publisher=[[Ohio State University]]|pages=1–64|year=2020| hdl=1811/92144 }}</ref>

Another study made in 2009 found that 647 words are inherited from Latin (compared to about 2,000 words inherited from Latin in most Romance languages), and 25 words are from the substrate, a much smaller number compared to Daco-Romanian which preserved 89 words from the [[Substrate in Romanian|substrate]]. The situation is typical for isolated languages/dialects with lower number of speakers.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Berciu-Drăghicescu, Adina (coord.) |first=Frățilă, Vasile |trans-title= ''Aromanian, Megleno-Romanians, and Istro-Romanians: Aspects of Identity and Culture'', chapter ''Istro-Romanian dialect. General View'' |title=''Aromâni, Meglenoromâni și Istroromâni: Aspecte identitare și culturale'', capitolul ''Dialectul istroromân.Privire generală'' |publisher=Editura Universității din București |year=2012 |isbn= 978-606-16-0148-6 |pages=672 to 679 }}</ref> Even so, Istro-Romanian has managed to preserve a few words from Latin that are not found in other [[Eastern Romance languages]]: {{lang|ruo|gåbu}} "yellow" (<{{sc|galbus}}; also present in Romanian as {{lang|ro|galben}}), {{lang|ruo|ånča}} "here" (<{{sc|hac}}+ce), {{lang|ruo|oča}} (<{{sc|hac}}/{{sc|hocce}}+a), {{lang|ruo|iențå}} (<*hic‑ce+a), {{lang|ruo|iuva}} "where".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Berciu-Drăghicescu, Adina (coord.) |first=Frățilă, Vasile |trans-title= ''Aromanian, Megleno-Romanians, and Istro-Romanians: Aspects of Identity and Culture'', chapter ''Istro-Romanian dialect. General View'' |title=''Aromâni, Meglenoromâni și Istroromâni: Aspecte identitare și culturale'', capitolul ''Dialectul istroromân.Privire generală'' |publisher=Editura Universității din București |year=2012 |isbn= 978-606-16-0148-6 |page=674 }}</ref>