Romanian language
Eastern Romance language
Summary
Romanian is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova. Romanian is part of the Eastern Romance sub-branch of Romance languages, a linguistic group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin which separated from the Western Romance languages in the course of the period from the 5th to the 8th centuries. To distinguish it within the Eastern Romance languages, in comparative linguistics it is called Daco-Romanian as opposed to its closest relatives, Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian. It is also spoken as a minority language by stable communities in the countries surrounding Romania, and by the large Romanian diaspora. In total, it is spoken by 22 million people as a first language.
Originally created by Wathiik
5/13/2001, 5:12:03 PM
Modified
5/13/2026, 6:18:56 PM
Recent revisions
/* Overview */ typo
Source indicates 22 million not 25
Restored to last revision by Pedianland due to possible vandalism in number changes
Exaggerated and false numbers.
Slightly overstated. It’s true in principle (since grammar and core function words are Latin-based), but Romanian sentences can include many non-Latin lexical items.
clarified a bit for accuracy and context.
Fixed typo
Fixed grammar
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1340049559|1340049559]] by [[Special:Contributions/James Bennnettt|James Bennnettt]] ([[User talk:James Bennnettt|talk]]) Not supported by source
Fix CS1 errors: deprecated parameters
