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Countries

Countries

European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine

Total No. Of Countries

6
Rank: 9 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Moldova, Romania

Second Language

Kazakhstan, Russia

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine

Regulated By

Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li

Interesting Facts

  • Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
  • The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.

Similar To

French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.

Derived From

Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

31
Rank: 13 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

20
Rank: 10 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

6
Rank: 5 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

24 weeks
Rank: 6 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

alo

Thank You

multumesc

How Are You?

ce mai faci?

Good Night

noapte Buna

Good Evening

buna Seara

Good Afternoon

buna Ziua

Good Morning

bună Dimineața

Please

Vă Rog

Sorry

scuze

Bye

La revedere

I Love You

Te iubesc

Excuse Me

Scuza-Ma

Dialects

Dialect 1

Aromanian

Where They Speak

Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey

How Many People Speak

250,000.00
Rank: 72 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Megleno-Romanian

Where They Speak

Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey

How Many People Speak

5,000.00
Rank: 90 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Istro-Romanian

Where They Speak

Croatia

How Many People Speak

1,400.00
Rank: 78 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

10
Rank: 10 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

28.00 million
Rank: 38 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.37 %
Rank: 37 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

24.00 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

4.00 million
Rank: 52 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

Română

Alternative Names

Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian

French Name

roumain; moldave

German Name

Rumänisch

Pronunciation

[roˈmɨnə]

Ethnicity

Romanians

History

Origin

1521

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Romanian

Standard Forms

Romanian

Language Position

36
Rank: 33 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

Romanian Sign Language

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

ro

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ron

ISO 639 2/B

rum

ISO 639 3

ron

ISO 639 6

ron

Glottocode

roma1327

Linguasphere

51-AAD-c

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

-

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic

Origin of Romanian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Romanian language is one of the Most Spoken Languages. The origin of Romanian language states that it was put to use in 1521. The history of Romanian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Romanian Language History.The evolution of Romanian language began with early forms such as Proto-Romanian. Romanian is the standard form of Romanian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Romanian Language.

Romanian population

Romanian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Romanian language. Romanian language is spoken by 28.00 million people in the world. Most of the Romanian population lies in the Romanian Speaking Countries. Romanian language is spoken as first language by 24.00 million people and as second language by about 4.00 million people. Get to know Romanian speaking population in detail.

Romanian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Romanian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Romanian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Romanian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Romanian language

Check out all the information about Romanian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Romanian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Romanian Speaking Countries, Romanian speaking continents and Romanian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Romanian countries knowing common Romanian Greetings will help you in communicating with Romanian people.