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While Romanian is the only official language at the national and local level, there are over 30 living languages identified as being spoken within Romania (5 of these are indigenous). [7] The Romanian laws include linguistic rights for all minority groups that form over 20% of a locality's population based on the census from 1992.
Country Status Population Native Romanian speakers Status of Romanian More info Gagauzia Moldova: Autonomous region: 155,646 (2004) 3.9%: Statute of Gagauzia, art. 3§1 [5] Languages of Gagauzia Transnistria: De facto independent: 555,347 (2004) 32.1%: Statute of the Settlements from the Left Bank (Transnistria), art. 6§1 [6]
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [ 1 ] Papua New Guinea has the largest number of languages in the world.
The history of the Romanian language started in the Roman provinces north of the Jireček Line in Classical antiquity but there are 3 main hypotheses about its exact territory: the autochthony thesis (it developed in left-Danube Dacia only), the discontinuation thesis (it developed in right-Danube provinces only), and the "as-well-as" thesis that supports the language development on both sides ...
English and French are the main foreign languages taught in schools. [338] In 2010, the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie identified 4,756,100 French speakers in the country. [339] According to the 2012 Eurobarometer, English is spoken by 31% of Romanians, French is spoken by 17%, and Italian and German, each by 7%. [340]
A language that uniquely represents the national identity of a state, nation, and/or country and is so designated by a country's government; some are technically minority languages. (On this page a national language is followed by parentheses that identify it as a national language status.)
Manitoba has a particular French Language Services Policy [73] and bilingual in capital city Winnipeg, as well as a special law on recognition of seven indigenous languages. [74] Nova Scotia has a governmental agency for Scots Gaelic language and culture affairs. [75] French is regionally spoken, with a special law on French-language services. [76]
This is a list of European languages by the number of native ... Name Native speakers Total speakers 1 Russian: 106,000,000 [1] 160,000,000 ... Romanian: 24,000,000 ...