Back Арумын бызшәа AB Roemeens AF Rumänische Sprache ALS ሩማንኛ AM Idioma rumano AN Rumǣnisc sprǣc ANG रोमानियाई भाषा ANP اللغة الرومانية Arabic ܠܫܢܐ ܪܘܡܢܝܐ ARC الرومانية ARY
| Romanian | |
|---|---|
| Daco-Romanian | |
| limba română | |
| Native to | Romania, Moldova, Transnistria (Disputed region) Minority in: Israel, Serbia, Ukraine, Hungary, diaspora in Italy, Spain, Scotland, Portugal and other parts of Western Europe |
Native speakers | 24 million (2007)[1] Second language: 4 million[2] |
Early form | |
| Latin (Romanian alphabet) Romanian Braille | |
| Official status | |
Official language in |  Romania Moldova [3] Vojvodina  European Union |
Recognised minority language in | |
| Regulated by | Academia Română Academy of Sciences of Moldova |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | ro |
| ISO 639-2 | rum (B) ron (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | ron |
| Linguasphere | 51-AAD-c (varieties:
51-AAD-ca to -ck) |
 Blue: region where Romanian is the dominant language. Green: areas with a notable minority of Romanian speakers. | |
The Romanian language is a Romance language, meaning it comes from Latin like French, Spanish and Italian. It has 66% Latin-based words and 20% Slavic-based words. The rest are newer and come from Dacian, Turkish, Greek, or English. There are about 28 million speakers: 24 million who speak it as their mother tongue and 4 million who have learned it as their second language.
Romanian is also the most spoken language in Moldova, which is northeast of Romania. The Moldovan language is a kind of Romanian with certain differences, such as the dialect and a Moldavian accent.
- ↑ Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007
- ↑ Latin Union
- ↑ The constitution of the Republic of Moldova refers to the country's language as Moldovan rather than Romanian, though in practice it is often called "Romanian". The introduction of the law concerning the functioning of the languages (September 1989), still effective in the Republic of Moldova according to the Constitution,Parlament.md asserts the linguistic identity between the Romanian language and the Moldovan language. IATP.md