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Romanian (obsolete spelling: Roumanian; endonym: limba română [ˈlimba roˈmɨnə] ⓘ, or românește [romɨˈneʃte], lit. 'in Romanian') is the official and main language of Romania and Moldova.
Romanian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Romania, Moldova and Transnistria. Other countries with a significant number of Romanian speakers include Serbia, Ukraine, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Germany, Russian, Israel, the USA and Canada.
Romanian language, Romance language spoken mainly in Romania and Moldova. Its main dialects are Dacoromanian, the basis of the standard language, spoken in Romania and Moldova; Aromanian, spoken in Greece, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Kosovo, and Serbia; and nearly extinct Meglenoromanian and Istroromanian.
Romanian is almost exclusively spoken in territories that were never or for less than 180 years under Roman rule. Macedo-Romanian and Megleno-Romanian are spoken in the lands to the south of the Line.
The Romanian language is a Romance language, meaning it comes from Latin like French, Spanish and Italian. It has 66% Latin-based words and 20% Slavic -based words. The rest are newer and come from Dacian, Turkish, Greek, or English.
The Romanian language, often described as a hidden gem among the Romance languages, boasts a rich and intricate history. Stemming from Latin roots and evolving through centuries of cultural and political influences, Romanian offers a unique blend of linguistic elements that set it apart from its Romance counterparts.
Romanian language developed around in the 4 th-6 th century from Vulgar Latin. Of course, due to the adjacency with Slavic countries, they adopted many features from them like the religion, the culture and of course the language. Also, big influence for Romanian were Hungarian, Turkish and Greek.