the singular feminine. Comparatively, the dialects show a large number of loanwords from Slavic languages, including loanwords from Slavic languages spoken before the 9th century, at the stage before Aromanian, Daco-Romanian, and Megleno-Romanian separated. Of this words a few examples are: *bōrzdà (Aromanian: brazdã, Daco-Romanian: brazdă, Istro-Romanian: bråzda, Megleno-Romanian: brazdă); *nevěsta (Aromanian: niveastã, Daco-Romanian: nevastă, Istro-Romanian: nevęstę, Megleno-Romanian: niveastă); *sìto (Aromanian: sitã, Daco-Romanian: sită, Istro-Romanian: sitę, Megleno-Romanian: sită); *slàbъ (Aromanian: s(c)lab, Daco-Romanian: slab, Istro-Romanian: slåb, Megleno-Romanian: slab). Substrate words are preserved at different levels in the four dialects. Daco-Romanian has 89, Aromanian 66. Megleno-Romanian 48, and Istro-Romanian 25. Example of elements found in the substrate: Aromanian: baciu, balig(ã), baltã, brãn, cãtun, cupaciu, gard, groapã, gushe, meturã, mosh; Daco-Romanian: baci, baligă, baltă, brâu, cătun, copac, gard, groapă, gușă, mătură, moș; Istro-Romanian: båţe, bålege, båtę, brăv, catun, copåț, gård, gropę, guşę, meture, moș; Megleno-Romanian: baciu, balig, baltã, brǫn, cãtun, cupatš, gard, groapã, gușã, m'eturã, moș. Development from Latin and reconstructed words Common Romanian inherited, like all other Romance languages, around 2000 words from Latin. The analysis of this words in comparison to Latin and between the four dialects allow us to determine the phonetic and grammatical features of the language. Phonetics higher frequency of usage of the open final syllable, for example bărbatu bunu; six vowel system – development of ă vowel; breaking of stressed open e into ie (*/je/); breaking of e and o to ea and oa before ă in the next syllable: Lat. feta> CRom. *feată; e and ea were kept unchanged after a labial consonant: Lat. pĭrum > CRom. *peru, Lat. pĭra > CRom. *peară (DRom. păr – pear tree, pară -pear); e and o before a nasal consonant were changed to i and u; usage of affricate consonants č,ğ,ț, and dz from iotation of c,g,t, and d : Lat. dico > CRom. *dzicu; usage of fricative post-alveolar consonant ș; usage of voiced palatals n', l''' from iotation of n and l : Lat. leporem > CRom. *l'epure; deletion of b and v when between vowels: Lat caballus > CRom. *calu; group consonants cl and gl (only in words inherited from Latin) were pronounced with soft l': Lat. clavis > CRom. *cl'aie (key); rhotacism of intervocalic l: Lat. pilus > CRom. *peru; deletion of ll followed by unstresses a: Lat. stella > CRom. *stea; labiovelars qu, gu followed by a changed to labials p, b: Lat. aqua >