Editing Dacian language (section)

===== Substratum of Common Romanian =====
{{Main|Substrate in Romanian}}
{{See also|Daco-Romanian|Daco-Romanian continuity|Thraco-Roman}}

[[Image:Romani daci.jpg|upright=1.35|right|thumb|Blue = lands conquered by the [[Roman Empire]].<br />Red = area populated by Free Dacians.<br />Language map based on the range of Dacian toponyms.{{dubious|date=November 2013}}{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}]]

The Romanian language has been denoted "[[Daco-Romanian]]" by some scholars because it derives from late Latin superimposed on a Dacian substratum, and evolved in the Roman colony of Dacia between AD 106 and 275.{{sfn|Campbell|1998|p={{Page needed|date=October 2021}}}} Modern Romanian may contain 160–170 words of Dacian origin. By comparison, modern French, according to Bulei, has approximately 180 words of Celtic origin.{{sfn|Bulei|2005|p=26}} The Celtic origin of the French substratum is certain, as the Celtic languages are abundantly documented, whereas the Dacian origin of Romanian words is in most cases speculative.

It is also argued that the Dacian language may form the substratum of [[Common Romanian]], which developed from the [[Vulgar Latin]] spoken in the Balkans north of the [[Jirecek line]], which roughly divides Latin influence from Greek influence. About 300 words in [[Eastern Romance languages]], [[Daco-Romanian]], [[Aromanian language|Aromanian]], [[Megleno-Romanian language|Megleno-Romanian]], [[Istro-Romanian language|Istro-Romanian]], may derive from Dacian, and many of these show a satem-reflex.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}} Whether Dacian forms the substratum of Common Romanian is disputed, yet this theory does not rely only on the Romanisation having occurred in Roman Dacia, as Dacian was also spoken in [[Moesia]] and northern [[Dardania (Roman province)|Dardania]]. Moesia was conquered by the Romans more than a century before Dacia, and its Latinity is confirmed by Christian sources.{{sfn|Polomé|1983|p=539}}

[[Image:Language border (Matzinger).png|upright=1.35|left|thumb|The [[Jireček Line]], an imaginary line through the ancient [[Balkans]] that divided the influences of the [[Latin]] (in the north) and [[Greek language|Greek]] (in the south) languages until the 4th century. This line is important in establishing the Romanization area in Balkans]]
The Dacian / Thracian substratum of Romanian is often connected to the words shared between Romanian and Albanian. The correspondences between these languages reflect a common linguistic background.{{sfn|Polomé|1983|p=540}}