Culture
Megleno-Romanian in Cerna
Cerna, in Tulcea county, is now the centre of the Megleno-Romanians. The speech is kept in houses. The anchor page /dobrogea/cerna is bilingual because it is one village’s store, not a language of the whole site.
Who they are
Megleno-Romanians come from Meglen, now on the border of Greece and North Macedonia. They speak Megleno-Romanian, one of the four historical Eastern Romance languages. In 1925–1926 they came to Dobrogea; after 1940 they regrouped in Cerna.
Carols and weddings
They stay in the family. As a guest, you do not ask for a stanza “so we can hear the language”. You do not film children. You do not walk into a yard unasked. The same three rules as village carolling, on a calendar that may belong to the house, not to a poster.
What it is not
It is not the Aromanian of Ovidiu. It is not a dialect “to learn on a weekend”. It is not a reason for a group of 40 pupils without an agreement with the village first.