Romanian
RegionRomania/Moldova
FamilyIndo-European (Romance)
Speakers24 million total
ScriptLatin
TypeAlphabetic
About Romanian
A Romance language surrounded by Slavic languages. Retains Latin grammatical cases that other Romance languages lost. Heavily influenced by surrounding Slavic languages. Called the island of Latinity in a sea of Slavs.
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