List of countries and territories where Romanian is an official language

This is a list of countries and territories and organisations where Romanian is an official language:

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  Single official language and language of the majority
  Official language but spoken by a minority

Countries where Romanian is an official language edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

See also edit

References edit

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  12. ^ "Proiectul LCCR - Italia" (PDF). Institutul Limbii Române (in Romanian).
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