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Romanian Language



Countries

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

Total No. Of Countries
6 9

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
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Alphabets
31 13

Phonology

How Many Vowels
7 4

How Many Consonants
20 10

Scripts
Latin

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks 6

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 72

Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian

Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey

How Many People Speak
5,000.00 90

Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian

Where They Speak
Croatia

How Many People Speak
1,400.00 78

Total No. Of Dialects
10 10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million 38

Speaking Population
0.37 % 37

Native Speakers
24.00 million 33

Second Language Speakers
4.00 million 52

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 33

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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