Romanian language

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Romanian is a Romance language spoken primarily in Romania and Moldova, notable for preserving many features of Latin while incorporating significant Slavic and Balkan influences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language
Romance language
natural language
ancestor Proto-Romance
linked to: Vulgar Latin

Vulgar Latin
changedOfficialScriptIn 19th century
closelyRelatedTo French language
linked to: French

Italian language
Portuguese language
Spanish language
family Indo-European languages
hasApproximateSpeakers over 24 million native speakers
over 28 million total speakers
hasDialect Aromanian
Istro-Romanian
Megleno-Romanian
hasFeature five or more noun cases
palatalization of consonants
postposed definite article
rich verb conjugation
three grammatical genders
vowel harmony absence
hasLoanwordsFrom French language
German language
linked to: German

Italian language
Russian language
hasMajorDialect Daco-Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
hasPhonemeInventory seven-vowel system
hasStandardForm Standard Romanian
hasStandardPronunciationBasedOn Bucharest dialect
hasWordOrder SVO
hasWritingHistory Cyrillic alphabet previously used
influencedBy Albanian language
Church Slavonic
Greek language
Hungarian language
Slavic languages
Turkish language
ISO639-1 ro
ISO639-2 ron
rum
ISO639-3 ron
languageCode ro-RO
macrolanguageIncludes Moldovan language
linked to: Romanian language
nativeName limba română
officialLanguageOf European Union
Moldova
Romania
preservesFeatureFrom Latin case system
Latin neuter gender
Latin noun declension
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn Bulgaria
Hungary
Italy
Serbia
Spain
Ukraine
regulatingBody Romanian Academy
spokenIn Bulgaria
Canada
Cyprus
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Israel
Italy
Moldova
Portugal
Romania
Serbia
Spain
Transnistria
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
subbranch Eastern Romance languages
linked to: Romance languages
subfamily Romance languages
usedAs liturgical language in some Eastern Orthodox churches
usesDefiniteArticlePosition enclitic
writingSystem Latin alphabet

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Latin alphabet writingSystemFor Romanian language
Claude hasLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Vulgar Latin developedInto Old Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Romanian language hasMajorDialect Daco-Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Romanian language macrolanguageIncludes Moldovan language
linked to: Romanian language
Andrei hasLanguageOrigin Romanian language
Italian language closelyRelatedTo Romanian language
European Union hasOfficialLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Byzantine Rite usedInLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Romani language influencedBy Romanian language
Romania officialLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Liam hasLanguageOfUse Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Google Translate availableLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Istro-Romanian closelyRelatedTo Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Balkan Turkish influencedBy Romanian language
Balkan Turkish languageShiftTo Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Sermo Vulgaris ancestorOf Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Popular Latin developedInto Old Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Megleno-Romanian closelyRelatedTo Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Megleno-Romanian hasLexicalSimilarityWith Daco-Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Samuel hasLanguageForm Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Richard hasLanguageOfUse Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Whisper supportsLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Romanian Land Forces language Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Emil hasLanguageOfUse Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Dalmatian language closelyRelatedTo Romanian language
Julian hasLanguageOfUse Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Sighetu Marmației languageOfficial Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Bucharest officialLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Emma usedInLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Wiktionary hasEditionInLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Wikiversity hasVersionInLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Armand hasLanguageOfUse Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Gagauz otherOfficialLanguagesInGagauzia Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Christian usedInLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Balkan Sprachbund hasMemberLanguage Romanian language
Roxana isUsedIn Romanian language
Galați officialLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Novi Sad hasMinorityLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Diana usedIn Romanian language
Kingdom of Romania officialLanguage Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Mary languageOfUse Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Romanian Communist Party languageOfOperation Romanian
subject linked to: PCR
linked to: Romanian language
Balkan Latin ancestorOf Romanian
linked to: Romanian language
Vlach language closelyRelatedTo Romanian language
Vlach language sharesOriginWith Romanian language
Vlach language hasLexicalSimilarityWith Romanian language
vlaheşte lexicalSimilarityWith Romanian language
Eastern Romance hasMember Romanian language
Eastern Romance hasMember Daco-Romanian language
linked to: Romanian language