This is a list of countries and territories and organisations where Romanian is an official language:
Countries where Romanian is an official language
Country | Population | Native Romanian speakers | Est. total speakers | Status of Romanian | More info |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Moldova | 3,461,380 (2014)[1] | 70.2% | 2,560,000[2] | Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Moldova[3] | Languages of Moldova |
Romania | 21,640,168 (2014)[1] | 90.7% | 19,900,000[2] | Constitution of Romania, art. 13[4] | Languages of Romania |
Regions where Romanian is an official language
Region | Country | Status | Population | 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 (Latin) [6] Constitution of Transnistria, art. 12 (Cyrillic)[7] | Languages of Transnistria | |
Vojvodina | Serbia | Autonomous region | 1,931,809 (2011) | 1.45% | Statute of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, art. 26[8] | Romanian language in Serbia |
Romanian has been declared a "regional language" alongside Ukrainian in Hertsa Raion of Ukraine as well as in other villages of Chernivtsi and Zakarpattia oblasts, as per the 2012 legislation on languages in Ukraine.
Organisations with Romanian as an official language
Organisation | Members | Status of Romanian | More info |
---|---|---|---|
European Union | Romania and other 26 states | Regulation No. 1 of the EC[9] | Languages of the European Union |
Latin Union | Moldova, Romania and other 34 states | Convention of Madrid, 1954 | Romance languages |
Monastic community of Mount Athos | Romanian Orthodox Church and other Eastern Rite churches | Language of religious service |
Countries where Romanian is taught in schools
- Romanian language is taught in 13 schools in the Belgian cities of: Brussels, Liège and Mons.[10]
- Romanian language is taught in two schools in the Irish capital Dublin.[11]
- Romanian language is taught in 228 schools in the Italian regions of: Abruzzo, Apulia, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lazio, Lombardy, Marche, Molise, Piedmont, Sardinia, Sicily, Trento, Tuscany, Umbria and Veneto.[12]
- Romanian language is taught in five schools in the Portuguese cities of: Lisbon, Loulé and Setúbal.[13]
- Romanian language is taught in 328 schools in the Spanish communities of: Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Basque Country, Canary Islands, Cantabria, Castile and León, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre and Valencia.[14]
- In parts of Ukraine where Romanians constitute a significant share of the local population (districts in Chernivtsi, Odesa and Zakarpattia oblasts) Romanian is taught in schools as a primary language and there are Romanian-language newspapers, TV, and radio broadcasting.[15][16] The University of Chernivtsi trains teachers for Romanian schools in the fields of Romanian philology, mathematics and physics.[17]
See also
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