THE ANALYSIS OF ROMANCE LINGUISTIC CONCORDANCES AT THE DIALECTAL LEVEL BASED ON DIGITAL MAPS

Abstract

In this article, we aim to highlight the correspondences between the
Aromanian dialect and the dialects of the Romance languages, especially those of
the Italian language, based on the digital maps extracted from: Nicolae Saramandu,
Manuela Nevaci, Atlasul lingvistic al dialectului aromân, vol. II, Editura Academiei
Române, Bucharest, 2020; Atlasul lingvistic român pe regiuni. Sinteză – ALRR. Sinteză,
vol. III (coordinator: Nicolae Saramandu), Editura Academiei Române, Bucharest,
2018 (authors: Mihaela Mariana Morcov, Manuela Nevaci, Irina Floarea, Daniela
Răuțu, Carmen-Ioana Radu, Mara Iuliana Manta, Ionuț Geană); Lídia Pons i Griera,
Joan Veny, L’Atles Lingüístic del Domini Català, vol. III, Familia Institut d'Estudis
Catalans, Barcelona, 2001–2018; Karl Jaberg und Jakob Jud, Sprach- und Sachatlas
Italiens und der Südschweiz, (vol. I), Zofingen, Ringier, 1928–1940. For the production
of the maps, a digital program developed by CSII Dr. Vasile Apopei and CS II Dr.
Silviu-Ioan Bejinariu, Institute of Theoretical Informatics Iași, of the Romanian
Academy, was used. In our analysis we used Map 279. STEPFATHER ‛beau-père’
[469] from Atlasul lingvistic al dialectului aromân, vol. II, Editura Academiei Române,
Bucharest, 2020 (authors: Nicolae Saramandu, Manuela Nevaci) and Map 329.
STEPFATHER [469] from Atlasul lingvistic român pe regiuni. Sinteză – ALRR. Sinteză,
vol. III (coordinator: Nicolae Saramandu), Editura Academiei Române, Bucharest.
To compare the Aromanian dialect with Daco-Romanian and with the dialects of
Romance languages, such as Italian and Catalan, we used Map 275. Mother [464]
from Atlasul lingvistic al dialectului aromân, vol. II, Editura Academiei Române,
Bucharest, 2020 (authors: Nicolae Saramandu, Manuela Nevaci), Map 325. Mother
[464] from Atlasul lingvistic român pe regiuni. Sinteză – ALRR. Sinteză, vol. III
(coordinator: Nicolae Saramandu), Editura Academiei Române, Bucharest, Map 8.
Sua madre from Karl Jaberg und Jakob Jud, Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der
Südschweiz, (vol. I), Zofingen, Ringier, 1928–1940, and List 21. La mare (L’Atles
Lingüístic del Domini Català, vol. III, Familia Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Barcelona,
2001–2018, authors: Lídia Pons i Griera, Joan Veny). The information system used
for producing the ALAR maps provides essential support in the automatic
generation, editing, and printing of plates with linguistic maps. “The system uses
data and information grouped into two databases: the geographical database, which
contains the template of the ALDRO linguistic maps, and the linguistic database,
which stores all information related to words (notions), survey points, and the
phonetic transcriptions associated with each word in all survey points” (Silviu-Ioan
Bejinariu, UEFISCDI Report, PCE ALDRO, 2021). The AlarMaps program is easy to
access for a linguist. In this program, we created the map with the localities where
we conducted fieldwork. In my doctoral thesis, I will make 100 linguistic maps with
six new points (localities in Dobrogea, Tulcea and Constanța counties: Stejaru, Ceamurlia de Sus, Sinoe [Grămostean dialect]; Cogealac and Poiana [Fărșerot
dialect]; and Techirghiol [Pindean dialect]). The new linguistic maps, created in
digital format, will complete the maps of Aromanian dialects spoken in the Balkans.
The recorded responses will be phonetically transcribed and interpreted within the
maps. Below, we present the map with the six new points.