The Aromanians (Aromanian: Rrãmãnji, Armãnji), are a Latin-speaking ethnic group native to the southern Balkans; traditionally living in northern and central Greece, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, and south-western Bulgaria. Especially in Greece, the term Vlachs (/'Vlaçi/) is widespread, but this term is internationally used to encompass all Latin-descended peoples of the Balkans and Tatra Mountains regions, including the modern-day Romanians. Vlach is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinized population of the Balkans and Central-Eastern Europe.