Romanian

A language of Romania

Location

Widespread.

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Argentina

Language NameRomanian

User Population

16,000 in Argentina (2018), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Armenia

Language NameRomanian

User Population

1,200 in Armenia (Leclerc 2017a).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Australia

Language NameRomanian

User Population

13,000 in Australia (2016 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Austria

Language NameRomanian

User Population

16,900 in Austria (2003 UNSD).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Azerbaijan

Language NameRomanian

User Population

4,100 in Azerbaijan (Leclerc 2017b).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Belgium

Language NameRomanian

User Population

121,000 in Belgium (2020 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Brazil

Language NameRomanian

User Population

21,000 in Brazil (2021 Joshua Project), based on ethnicity.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Bulgaria

Language NameRomanian

User Population

5,520 in Bulgaria (2011 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Canada

Language NameRomanian

User Population

96,700 in Canada (2016 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Cyprus

Language NameRomanian

User Population

24,300 in Cyprus (2013 UNSD).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Czechia

Language NameRomanian

User Population

4,920 in Czechia (2011 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Denmark

Language NameRomanian

User Population

30,600 in Denmark (2020 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Finland

Language NameRomanian

User Population

4,420 in Finland (2018 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Germany

Language NameRomanian

User Population

826,000 in Germany (2020 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Greece

Language NameRomanian

User Population

56,900 in Greece (2011 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Hungary

Language NameRomanian

User Population

13,900 in Hungary (2011 census). Ethnic population: 26,300 (2011 census).

Location

Bács-Kiskun, Békés, Budapest, and Csongrád-Csanád counties.

Alternate Names

Daco-Romanian, Limba română, Româneşte, Rumanian

Dialects

Boyash Romanian.

Language Status

4 (Educational).

Language Development

Taught as subject in primary and secondary schools.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Substantial literature.

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Ireland

Language NameRomanian

User Population

2,900 in Ireland (2016 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Israel

Language NameRomanian

User Population

250,000 in Israel (1993 Statistical Abstract of Israel).

Location

HaMerkaz district.

Alternate Names

Română

Language Status

5* (Dispersed).

Language Use

Also use Hebrew [heb].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous. Jewish.

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Italy

Language NameRomanian

User Population

798,000 in Italy (2012 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Kazakhstan

Language NameRomanian

User Population

23,700 in Kazakhstan (Leclerc 2017e).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Latvia

Language NameRomanian

User Population

3,350 in Latvia (2018).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Moldova

Language NameRomanian

User Population

2,180,000 in Moldova (2014 census). 1,540,000 Moldavian and 640,000 Romanian (2014 census). Ethnic population: 2,260,000 (2014 census). 2,070,000 Moldovan and 193,000 Romanian (2014 census).

Location

Widespread.

Alternate Names

Moldovan, Română, Roumanian, Rumanian

Dialects

Bessarabian (Basarabean, Basarabian, Bassarabian).

Language Status

1 (National). Statutory national language (2013, Constitutional Court, Jts. 8b and 41b).

Language Use

Many Gypsies in Moldova and southern Ukraine speak Romanian dialect as L1. Most also use Russian [rus].

Other Comments

Christian.

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New Zealand

Language NameRomanian

User Population

1,950 in New Zealand (2013 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Norway

Language NameRomanian

User Population

20,100 in Norway (2021 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Portugal

Language NameRomanian

User Population

33,200 in Portugal (2007 J. Leclerc).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Russian Federation

Language NameRomanian

User Population

117,000 in Russian Federation (2010 census). 96,100 Moldovan and 21,200 Romanian (2010 census). Ethnic population: 159,000 (2010 census).

Dialects

Moldovan.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Serbia

Language NameRomanian

User Population

29,100 in Serbia (2013 UNSD).

Location

South Backa district: Timoc valley.

Alternate Names

Daco-Rumanian, Română, Rumanian

Language Status

2 (Provincial). Statutory provincial language in Autonomous Province Vodjvodina (2009, Autonomous Province Vodjvodina Statute, Article 26).

Language Development

Taught in primary schools, in minority-language schools.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Spain

Language NameRomanian

User Population

657,000 in Spain (2020 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Sweden

Language NameRomanian

User Population

18,900 in Sweden (2020 census), based on nationality.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Turkmenistan

Language NameRomanian

User Population

3,200 in Turkmenistan (Leclerc 2019b), based on ethnicity.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Ukraine

Language NameRomanian

User Population

328,000 in Ukraine (2003 UNSD). Ethnic population: 410,000 (2001 census). 151,000 ethnic Moldovians, 257,000 ethnic Romanians.

Location

Chernivtsi region, at northern Romania border; Odessa region, south of Moldova, Renijs’kyj district, 2 enclaves near border.

Alternate Names

Daco-Romanian, Moldavian, Română, Rumanian

Language Status

5* (Dispersed). Recognized language (Law, Status of Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine, Article 1(5)).

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United Kingdom

Language NameRomanian

User Population

67,600 in United Kingdom (2011 census).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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United States

Language NameRomanian

User Population

155,000 in United States (2015 census).

Location

Scattered.

Language Status

Unestablished.

Language Use

Many also use English [eng].

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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Uzbekistan

Language NameRomanian

User Population

8,000 in Uzbekistan (2019).

Language Status

Unestablished.

Other Comments

Non-indigenous.

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