Another study made in 2009 found that 647 words are inherited from Latin (compared to about 2,000 words inherited from Latin in most Romance languages), and 25 words are from the substrate, a much smaller number compared to Daco-Romanian which preserved 89 words from the substrate. The situation is typical for isolated languages/dialects with lower number of speakers. Even so, Istro-Romanian has managed to preserve a few words from Latin that are not found in other Eastern Romance languages: gåbu "yellow" (<galbus; also present in Romanian as galben), ånča "here" (<hac‑ce), oča (<hac/hocce+a), iențå (< *hic‑ce+a), iuva "where".
another study made in 2009 found that 647 words are inherited from latin (compared to about 2000 words inherited from latin in most romance languages) and 25 words are from the substrate a much smaller number compared to daco-romanian which preserved 89 words from the substrate the situation is typical for isolated languages/dialects with lower number of speakers even so istro-romanian has managed to preserve a few words from latin that are not found in other eastern romance languages gåbu "yellow" (<galbus; also present in romanian as galben) ånča "here" (<hac‑ce) oča (<hac/hocce+a) iențå (< *hic‑ce+a) iuva "where"