The language
The Romanian language developed from the Vulgar Latin dialect spoken in the Dacia region before it was conquered by the Romans in the 2nd century AD. After the conquest of Dacia by the Romans, the region was Romanized and the local population began to adopt the Latin language. After the Romans withdrew in 271 AD, the area was colonized by various peoples, including Goths, Slavs and others. These influences led to changes in the language. During this time, Romanian continued to develop and absorb influences from various languages, including Greek, Turkish and Hungarian, due to the political and cultural contacts in the region. In the 17th and 18th centuries, a phase of standardization began. Many words from French and Italian were also incorporated.
Around 2200 Romanian speakers live in Dresden. Worldwide, Romanian is spoken by around 24 to 26 million people as their mother language.
Writing
Written documentation of the Romanian language dates back to the 16th century. The oldest known texts in Romanian are from this period, including the “Codexul Voronețean” from 1521, which is considered to be the oldest surviving Romanian document.
Originally, Romanians used the Cyrillic alphabet, which was adapted for the Romanian language in the 19th century.
In 1860, however, the Latin alphabet was introduced in order to standardize the Romanian language and to strengthen cultural and linguistic ties with Western Europe. The modern Romanian alphabet consists of 31 letters and uses the Latin writing system, supplemented by some diacritical marks to represent specific sounds of the Romanian language.
Dresden spricht …
Workshops, tours, writing and printing workshops under the motto “Dresden speaks many languages”
Period
03-12.2024
Porject coordination
Yvonn Spauschus (Projektleitung)
Yulia Vishnichenko · Moussa Mbarek · Nadine Wölk · Rosa Brockelt · Yuliya Firsova · Martin Mannig (workshop leader)
Rosa Brockelt · Rosa Hauch · Falk Goernert · Birthe Mühlhoff (moderation, documentation)
Adina Rieckmann · Lydia Hänsel (tourguides)
Inge · Mahsa · Karin (voluntary help)
Cooperation partners
JugendKunstschule Dresden – Standort Passage, Omse e.V., Nachbarschaftshilfeverein, Stadtteilverein Johannstadt e.V., Malteser Hilfsdienste e.V., Jugendhaus LILA as well as Chinesisch-Deutsches Zentrum e.V., Lebenshilfe Dresden e.V., GEH8 Kunstraum und Ateliers e.V., Umweltzentrum Dresden – ABC Tische and many more
Supported by
The project is funded by the State Ministry for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion. This measure is co-financed with tax funds on the basis of the budget passed by the Saxon state parliament within the framework of the state programme Integrative Maßnahmen.
