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Romanian is the official language of Romania and Moldova. It is also spoken in Ukraine, Serbia (Vojvodina), Hungary, and Bulgaria, and by large emigrant communities in Italy, Spain, Germany, Israel, Canada, and the United States. It is one of the official languages of the European Union.
Romanian has about 24 million native speakers. It is the only major Romance language of Eastern Europe, descended from the Latin spoken in the Roman province of Dacia, which Rome conquered in A.D. 106. Surrounded by Slavic languages for centuries, it absorbed many Slavic words, as well as words from Hungarian, Turkish, and Greek. It was written in the Cyrillic alphabet until the 1860s, when Romania adopted the Roman alphabet; Moldova switched from Cyrillic to Roman in 1989.
Romanian has about 24 million native speakers. It is the only major Romance language of Eastern Europe, descended from the Latin spoken in the Roman province of Dacia, which Rome conquered in A.D. 106. Surrounded by Slavic languages for centuries, it absorbed many Slavic words, as well as words from Hungarian, Turkish, and Greek. It was written in the Cyrillic alphabet until the 1860s, when Romania adopted the Roman alphabet; Moldova switched from Cyrillic to Roman in 1989.
Romanian is spoken/used in the following countries:
- Language Family
- Indo-European
- Subgroup
- Romance
- Branch
- Eastern Romance
Romanian Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Romanian (1993)
Toate ființele umane se nasc libere și egale în demnitate și în drepturi. Ele sunt înzestrate cu rațiune și conștiință și trebuie să se comporte unele față de altele în spiritul fraternității.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights