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Romanian speakers account for 0.5% of the world's population, [40] and 4% of the Romance-speaking population of the world. [41] Romanian is the single official and national language in Romania and Moldova, although it shares the official status at regional level with other languages in the Moldovan autonomies of Gagauzia and Transnistria.
Modern Romanian (Romanian: română modernă) is the historical stage of the Romanian language starting from the end of the 18th century until today. In general, it is agreed that the modern era comprises three distinct periods: the premodern period starting from 1780 and lasting until 1830, the modern period from 1830 until 1880, and the contemporary period after 1881. [1]
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.
An example of two main clauses (1, 2) linked together by a coordinative conjunction (bold) is: Ana este o fată 1 / și Ion este un băiat. 2 / Ana is a girl, 1 / and Ion is a boy. 2 / Two subordinate clauses (2, 3) can also be joined to the same end: V-am spus despre băiatul 1 / care este la mine în clasă, 2 / și care este foarte bun la ...
Little is known of the substratum language but it is generally assumed to be an Indo-European language related to Albanian. [13] Some linguists like Kim Schulte and Grigore Brâncuș use the phrase "Thraco-Dacian" for the substratum of Romanian, [13] while others like Herbert J. Izzo and Vékony argue that the Eastern Romance languages developed on an Illyrian substrate. [14]
The Eastern Romance languages [1] are a group of Romance languages. The group, also called the Balkan Romance or Daco-Romance languages, [1] comprises the Romanian language (Daco-Romanian), the Aromanian language and two other related minor languages, Megleno-Romanian and Istro-Romanian. [2] [3] [4]
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] Constitution of Transnistria, art. 12 [7]
The Romanian language has developed some peculiar argots and speech forms. One example is the Gumuțeasca, spoken by the people of the commune of Mărgău so outsiders could not understand them on their way to bigger cities to sell their traditional glass products. It has thousands of words and a rich vocabulary that differs greatly from Romanian.