Language Atlas

How Languages Connect
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Language

Romanian

Romance Languages

Romanian is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
ron 1
Speaker Count
22,000,000 1
2020 estimate, native speakers.
Status
Living 1
Region
Southeastern Europe 1
Partially Attested
Attested From (Year)
from 1521 1
Neacsu's letter of 1521 is the oldest precisely dated Romanian document; the Hurmuzaki Psalter is older but is dated only by watermarks to between 1491 and 1504.
Classification
Official Status
Official Language 1
Romanian
Filter Results1 entry
Connections

In Family

Source Wikipedia: Romanian Language

Written In

Latin Script, Scripts
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Romanian Language
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; endonym: limba romana or romaneste) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.
  • Infobox, ISO 639-3
    ron
  • Infobox, Speakers (Total)
    22 million (2020)
  • Lead section, first sentence
    is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.
  • Infobox, Region (first listed)
    Southeastern Europe
  • History, earliest texts
    The oldest Romanian document precisely dated is Neacșu's letter (1521) and was written using the Romanian Cyrillic alphabet, which was used until the late 19th century.
  • Official status, Romanian entity page
    Romanian is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.
  • In Family: Indo-European, Infobox, Language family
    Top family: Indo-European languages; immediate branch: Eastern Romance languages.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.