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'''Vlach''' ({{pron-en|ˈvlɑːk}} or {{IPA-en|ˈvlæk|}}) or '''Wallachian''' is a blanket term covering several modern [[Latin peoples (linguistic)|Latin peoples]] descending from the Latinised population in [[Central Europe|Central]], [[Eastern Europe|Eastern]] and [[Southeastern Europe]]. English variations on the name include: ''Walla, Vallachians, Walachians, Wlachs, Wallachs, Vlahs, Olahs'' or ''Ulahs''; Groups that have historically been called Vlachs include: modern-day [[Romanians|Romanians or Daco-Romanians]], [[Aromanians|Aromanians or Macedo-Romanians]], [[Morlachs]], [[Megleno-Romanians]] and [[Istro-Romanians]]. Since the creation of the [[Romania]]n state, the term in English has mostly been used for those living outside Romania.
[[Image:Valaques-Vlachs.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Branches of Vlachs/Romanians and their territories]]
The term ''Vlach'' is originally an [[exonym]]. All the Vlach groups used various words derived from ''[[wikt:Romanus|romanus]]'' to refer to themselves: ''Români, Rumâni, Rumâri, Aromâni, Arumâni'' etc. (note: the Megleno-Romanians nowadays call themselves ''"Vlaşi"'', but historically called themselves ''"Rămâni"''{{fact|date=December 2010}}; The Istro-Romanians also have adopted the names ''Vlaşi'', but still use ''Rumâni'' and ''Rumâri'' to refer to themselves).
The Vlachs are normally considered descendants of Romanised peoples such as the [[Thracians]] (incl. [[Dacians]]) and [[Illyrians]]<ref>Badlands-Borderland: A History of Southern Albania/Northern Epirus [ILLUSTRATED] (Hardcover) by T.J. Winnifruth,ISBN 0715632019,2003,page 44,"Romanized Illyrians, the ancestors of the modern Vlachs"</ref>.
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