Written Languages in Wallachia during the Reign of Neagoe Basarab (1512–1521)

The reign of Neagoe Basarab (1512–1521) represented one the cultural peaks Wallachian history. Using written sources preserved from this period, we tried to present Slavonic varieties and other languages (Romanian Latin) that were used in period. are examined according three criteria: spelling, morphosyntax vocabulary. standard variety (Church Slavonic) specific local may call Slavonic, most purely by epistolography, opposed Both types competing acts some colophons, eventually original texts. spelling criterion permits us distinguish up four Church varieties, whence two international ones (Moldavian Trinovitan (Tărnovo) Resavian variety) comprise adaptations – influenced liturgical pronunciation administrative representing a simplified combination both norms. Romanian language (written Cyrillic) is not just its oldest dated coherent text (Neacşu’s letter), but also frequent penetrations mainly documents. main common feature Latin documents with presence proper names.