Origins of the Changos
by Martinas, Dumitru; Ungureanu, Vasile M.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-10-08
Publisher(s): Center for Romanian Studies
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Summary
The term Chango (Csango) is the name of a population whose ethnic origin is the subject of much controversy. The term originates from the Magyar language (Hungarian) in which it means mixed or impure. Most Changos live in Romania, mainly in Transylvania a
Author Biography
The author, Dumitru Martina?, was born to a Chango family in Romania. He dedicated his life to the study of the origins of the population to which he belonged.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 7 |
| Author's Preface | p. 11 |
| Historical Considerations | |
| An Old Historical Controversy: The Origins of the Changos | p. 17 |
| Old Catholic Settlements in Moldavia | p. 33 |
| A New Stratification of the Population: The Changos | p. 40 |
| Petru Zold about the Changos | p. 47 |
| The Romanian Gospel Book from Kalocsa | p. 60 |
| The Origin and Meaning of the World Chango | p. 63 |
| Controversies among Italian and Hungarian Missionaries | p. 67 |
| The Szecklerization of the Romanians and the Origins of the Chango Phenomenon | p. 73 |
| The Changos in Moldavia | p. 84 |
| A New Process of Magyarization (The Nineteenth Century) | p. 92 |
| Historical and Ethnographic Considrations | p. 101 |
| Linguistic Aspects | |
| The Two Linguistic Aspects of the Chango Phenomenon | p. 109 |
| The Sibilant Character of the Chango Dialect | p. 111 |
| Gabor Szarvas's Research on the Dialect of the Changos | p. 119 |
| The Transylvanian-Moldavian Phonetical Dualism | p. 123 |
| A Description of the Dialect: Phonetics | p. 129 |
| A Description of the Dialect: Vocabulary | p. 155 |
| Conclusions | p. 164 |
| Romanian Phonetical Elements in the Hungarian Chango Dialect | p. 168 |
| Bibliography | p. 173 |
| Index | p. 195 |
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