The paper presents the situation of non-romance minoritary languages which has lived for centuries
in countries, where the official language is a romance language. Consecutively are described:
Basque in Spain and France, Breton in France, Flemish in France and Belgium, Alsatian and Lotaringian
in France, German in Italy, France and Luxemburg, Hungarian with its dialects in Romania,
Slavic languages in Romania, Moldova and Italy.
The most endangered are languages without their own state, such as: Basque, Breton, Alsatian
and Lorraine Franconian, because they can defend their legacy only in conditions of the domination
of the big official language, often in lack of the common linguistic norms. However, the survival of
languages depends, after all, on the ethnic consciousness and determination of a given community.

The paper presents the situation of non-romance minoritary languages which has lived for centuries
in countries, where the official language is a romance language. Consecutively are described:
Basque in Spain and France, Breton in France, Flemish in France and Belgium, Alsatian and Lotaringian
in France, German in Italy, France and Luxemburg, Hungarian with its dialects in Romania,
Slavic languages in Romania, Moldova and Italy.
The most endangered are languages without their own state, such as: Basque, Breton, Alsatian
and Lorraine Franconian, because they can defend their legacy only in conditions of the domination
of the big official language, often in lack of the common linguistic norms. However, the survival of
languages depends, after all, on the ethnic consciousness and determination of a given community.