Romanian language

Romanian
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); Second language: 4 million
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Eastern Romance Romanian; ; ; ;
Early form	Proto-Romanian
Writing system	Latin (Romanian alphabet); Romanian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Romania; Moldova ; Vojvodina; European Union
Recognised minority; language in	Hungary; Italy; Serbia; Spain; Scotland; Ukraine
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.

Spoken Romanian

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.

References

↑ 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

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[1] Nationalencyklopedin "Världens 100 största språk 2007" The World's 100 Largest Languages in 2007

[2] Latin Union

[Moldova-3] 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

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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]
Language family	Indo-European Italic Romance Eastern Romance Romanian
Early form	Proto-Romanian
Writing system	Latin (Romanian alphabet) Romanian Braille
Official status
Official language in	Romania Moldova ^[3] Vojvodina European Union
Recognised minority language in	Hungary Italy Serbia Spain Scotland Ukraine
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.