The Banat Bulgarian (Banat Bulgarian: Palcena balgarscija jázic, Banátsca balgarscija jázic; ; ; ; ; ) is the outermost dialect of the Bulgarian language with standardized writing and an old literary tradition. It is spoken by the Banat Bulgarians in the Banat region, in Romania and Serbia. Officially, it is spoken by 8,000 people (1,658 in Serbia, and 6,500 in Romania), though other estimates give numbers up to 15,000.