Romanian language

E2736
Indo-European language Romance language natural language

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.

Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Romanian 32
Daco-Romanian 2
Old Romanian 2
Daco-Romanian language 1
Moldovan Romanian 1
Moldovan language 1

Statements (81)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-European language ⓘ
Romance language ⓘ
natural language ⓘ
ancestor Vulgar Latin ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Romance

Vulgar Latin ⓘ
changedOfficialScriptIn 19th century ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo French ⓘ
surface form: French language

Italian language ⓘ
Portuguese language ⓘ
Spanish language ⓘ
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: German language

Italian language ⓘ
Russian language ⓘ
hasMajorDialect Romanian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Daco-Romanian
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 Romanian language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Moldovan 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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
subbranch Romance languages ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Romance languages
subfamily Romance languages ⓘ
usedAs liturgical language in some Eastern Orthodox churches ⓘ
usesDefiniteArticlePosition enclitic ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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