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 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

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Referenced by (121)

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

Eastern Romance hasMember Romanian language
this entity surface form: Moldovan Romanian
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina officialLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Romanian Air Force mottoLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Mihai Viteazul (Michael the Brave) languageOfRecord Romanian language
subject surface form: Mihai Viteazul
this entity surface form: Romanian
AliExpress availableInLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Satu Mare officialLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Romanian Constitution language Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Vegliot dialect moreDistantlyRelatedTo Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Danube region hasLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Moldovan Romanian
Seini languageUsed Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Chișinău officialLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
MDL associatedLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
.md languageAssociation Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Beatrice hasLanguageUsage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
flag of Romania officialLanguageOfDescription Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Maramureș region language Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Sector 3 hasOfficialLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Sector 4 hasOfficialLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Eugene usedIn Romanian language
Romanized Dacians spoke Romanian language
this entity surface form: Proto-Romanian (early stage)
Angel hasOriginLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Julien hasLanguageOfUse Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Magda usedInLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Judeo-Romance language hasComponent Romanian language
this entity surface form: Judeo-Romanian
Soroca languageUsed Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
George (given name) hasLanguageOfUse Romanian language
subject surface form: George
this entity surface form: Romanian
Felicia usedIn Romanian language
Stella usedInLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Patrick usedInLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Moldovans in Ukraine usesLanguage Romanian language
Dubăsari hasOfficialLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Leona hasLanguageOfUse Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
ROL languageOfCurrencyName Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Alexandru hasLanguageUsage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Muntenia language Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Sibiu, Romania officialLanguage Romanian language
subject surface form: Sibiu
this entity surface form: Romanian
Făgăraș officialLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
South Banat District hasMinorityLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Teodor hasLanguageUsage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Liliana languageOfUse Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Ploiești languageUsed Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Lilia languageOfUse Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Cristian hasLanguageUsage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Moldovans primaryLanguage Romanian language
Moldovans primaryLanguage Romanian language
this entity surface form: Moldovan Romanian
Ludovic hasLanguageOfUse Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Banat Swabian dialect influencedBy Romanian language
Letitia isUsedIn Romanian language
Blaj languageMajority Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian
Sebeș languageOfName Romanian language
this entity surface form: Romanian