Romanian language
E2736
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.
this entity surface form:
Romanian
this entity surface form:
Romanian