Romanian is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.
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ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2020 estimate, native speakers. Partially Attested
Attested From (Year)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 Romanian
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Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; endonym: limba romana or romaneste) is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.
Infobox, ISO 639-3
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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.
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