Romanian language

Romanian (limba român? IPA {{IPA|/'limba ro'm?n?/}}), the official language of Romania, is an Eastern Romance language. It is spoken natively by about 27 million people, most of them in Romania, Moldova and Vojvodina. While the official form of Moldovan is nearly identical to the official form of Romanian, the colloquial speech of Chi?inau and its suburbs has more differences. Two out of three Moldovans consider themselves to be speakers of Romanian rather than Moldovan.

References

¹ Rosetti, Alexandru, Istoria limbii române, 2 vols., Bucharest, 1965-1969.

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² Uwe, Hinrichs, Handbuch der Südosteuropa-Linguistik

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