O mențiune explicită a existenței limbii române în Maramureșul anului 1411
A New Testimonial about Romanian Language in ihe Year 1411 from Maramures

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents an early mention of Romanian language, dating back in 1411, emanated from a medieval charter published a century ago, but neglected so far by other historians. Very plausible, this is the third oldest such a mention, after ones from the years 1364 and 1396.The article enumerates the oldest known records about Romanians from Transylvania, the first clear attestations of Romanians in Maramureș County and some very early Romanian words spread across medieval royal charters. There are some other bilingual translations known from some Transylvanian and Maramureș medieval documents.The 1411 record is known in several versions, which were issued by the king Sigismund and by Lelesz Convent. Unfortunately, most of Maramureș charters remain unknown and unpublished, but some of them have been edited repeatedly.The peak name etymology has at least two solutions: the word means or the Sessile oak or the Turkey oak, both species being found on that part of Maramureș.

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