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''Elementa linguae daco-romanae sive valachicae'' ("Elements of the Daco-Roman or Vlach/Wallachian language") is a
''The Grammar of Romanian''
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-19-964492-6, page 4.
/ref> The main body of the book is divided into four parts: ''De ortographia'', ''De etymologhia'', ''De syntaxi'', and an ''Appendix'' containing a chapter about "the formation of Daco-Roman words from the Latin ones". ''De ortographia'' is in particular important because the author describes the changes from Latin phonemes to Romanian ones. Lacking the corresponding letters to mark the sounds for ''ă, î, k`, g`, č, ğ, ș, ț'',
''Elementa linguae daco-romanae sive valachicae'' ("Elements of the Daco-Roman or Vlach/Wallachian language") is a Romanian grammar
Standard Romanian (i.e. the ''Daco-Romanian'' language within Balkan Romance) shares largely the same grammar and most of the vocabulary and phonological processes with the other three surviving varieties of Balkan Romance, namely Aromanian, Me ...
book written by Samuil Micu-Klein
Samuil Micu Klein (September 1745 – 13 May 1806) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic theologian, historian, philologist and philosopher, a member of the Enlightenment-era movement of Transylvanian School (Şcoala Ardeleană). He is the author of Eleme ...
and revised by Gheorghe Șincai
Gheorghe Șincai (; February 28, 1754 – November 2, 1816) was a Romanian historian, philologist, translator, poet, and representative of the Enlightenment-influenced Transylvanian School.
As the director of Greek Catholic education in Transylv ...
in 1780 at the Saint Barbara College in Vienna. It was printed by Joseph typography, owned by the nobleman of Kurzböck, in the same year. The book, and subsequently the year, are considered the starting point of the Romanian language's modern form.Pană Dindelegan, Gabriela''The Grammar of Romanian''
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2013, ISBN 978-0-19-964492-6, page 4.
Content
The book's introduction is written byGheorghe Șincai
Gheorghe Șincai (; February 28, 1754 – November 2, 1816) was a Romanian historian, philologist, translator, poet, and representative of the Enlightenment-influenced Transylvanian School.
As the director of Greek Catholic education in Transylv ...
and it is a synthesis of historic and linguistic views held by the Transylvanian School.N. Felecan - Considerations on the First Books of Romanian Grammar/ref> The main body of the book is divided into four parts: ''De ortographia'', ''De etymologhia'', ''De syntaxi'', and an ''Appendix'' containing a chapter about "the formation of Daco-Roman words from the Latin ones". ''De ortographia'' is in particular important because the author describes the changes from Latin phonemes to Romanian ones. Lacking the corresponding letters to mark the sounds for ''ă, î, k`, g`, č, ğ, ș, ț'',
Samuil Micu-Klein
Samuil Micu Klein (September 1745 – 13 May 1806) was a Romanian Greek-Catholic theologian, historian, philologist and philosopher, a member of the Enlightenment-era movement of Transylvanian School (Şcoala Ardeleană). He is the author of Eleme ...
appeals to similarities to other language like German, Italian, or Hungarian, opting for a less phonemic orthography than the one used in the current writing system, with rules derived from Latin orthography
Latin phonology continually evolved over the centuries, making it difficult for speakers in one era to know how Latin was spoken before then. A given phoneme may be represented by different letters in different periods. This article deals primar ...
to designate the new sounds of the language. For example ''á'' or ''aa'' would stand for standard a sound, while ''a'' without an accent would represent the schwa
In linguistics, specifically phonetics and phonology, schwa (, rarely or ; sometimes spelled shwa) is a vowel sound denoted by the IPA symbol , placed in the central position of the vowel chart. In English and some other languages, it rep ...
sound, nowadays written as ''ă''.
References
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