Consonants Sounds [] as well as [, , ] can also occur from Greek borrowings. Vowels Megleno-Romanian has some unique phonetic characteristics, not found in the other Eastern Romance languages: long vowels: ā, ē, ī, ǭ, ō, ū ă, â → o, a: câmp → comp (field), mânc → mānanc (I eat) unstressed initial a disappears: eram → ram (I was), aveam → (We had ), aduc → duc (I bring) Vocabulary Much of the vocabulary is of Latin origin and much of its phonetics and semantics is shared with Aromanian and Romanian: (n.b.: MR=Megleno-Romanian, DR=Daco-Romanian, i.e. Romanian) basilica > MR bisearică, DR biserică (church, originally "basilica") lumen > MR lumi, DR lume (world, originally "light") monumentum > MR murmint, DR mormânt (grave, originally "monument") strigis > MR strig, DR strig (I yell, originally "owl") draco > MR drac, DR drac (devil, originally "dragon") Megleno-Romanian also contains some words that have cognates with Albanian. These words are present in Daco-Romanian too: MR brad; DR brad; cf. Alb. bredh (fir tree) MR monz; DR mânz; cf. Alb. mës (colt) MR bucuros; DR bucuros; (happy) cf. Alb bukur (beautiful) There are also some words which are of Slavic origin and which can be found in all the Eastern Romance languages: MR trup; DR trup (body); cf. Sl. trupŭ MR stăpon; DR stăpân (master); cf. Old Slavic. stopanŭ, today's Bulgarian stopanin and Macedonian stopan There are a number of Byzantine and Modern Greek words, several dozens of which are also found in Daco-Romanian (Romanian language) and Aromanian and about 80 words that were borrowed via Macedonian and Bulgarian languages and other languages of the Balkans. Prior to the creation of the modern state of Greece, Megleno-Romanian borrowed very few words directly from Greek. Gr. prósfatos > MR proaspit; DR proaspăt (fresh) Gr. keramídi > MR chirămidă; DR cărămidă (brick) Gr. lemoni > MR limonă, via Bulg. limon (lemon); cf. DR lămâie The most important influence on Megleno-Romanian was the East South Slavic languages, this influence being more profound than that exerted by Greek on Aromanian. Most Slavic terms are of Macedonian and Bulgarian origins. The linguist Theodor Capidan argued that the words borrowed show some phonetic features of the Bulgarian language dialect spoken in the Rhodope Mountains. There are many instances where basic words of Latin origin that can still be found in Daco-Romanian and Aromanian were replaced by Slavic words. In some