List_of_countries_where_Romanian_is_an_official_language
This is a list of countries and territories and organisations where Romanian is an official language:
Single official language and language of the majority
Official language but spoken by a minority
More information Country, Population ...
| 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 |
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More information Region, Country ...
| 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 |
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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.
More information Organisation, Members ...
| 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 |
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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]
- "Countries in the world (ranked by 2014 population)". Worldometers.
- "Romanian". Ethnologue.
- "Hotărâre Nr. 36 din 05.12.2013 privind interpretarea articolului 13 alin. (1) din Constituţie în corelaţie cu Preambulul Constituţiei şi Declaraţia de Independenţă a Republicii Moldova (Sesizările nr. 8b/2013 şi 41b/2013)" (in Romanian). Constitutional Court of Moldova. Retrieved 2013-12-20.
124. [...] Prin urmare, Curtea consideră că prevederea conţinută în Declaraţia de Independenţă referitoare la limba română ca limbă de stat a Republicii Moldova prevalează asupra prevederii referitoare la limba moldovenească conţinute în articolul 13 al Constituţiei.
- "CONSTITUTIA ROMÂNIEI". www.cdep.ro.
- "Министерство иностранных дел ПМР". Министерство иностранных дел.
- "Statutul Provinciei Autonome Voivodina - Skupština Autonomne Pokrajine Vojvodine". www.skupstinavojvodine.gov.rs.
- "Grupe realizate - Belgia". Institutul Limbii Române (in Romanian).
- "Grupe realizate - Irlanda". Institutul Limbii Române (in Romanian).
- "Proiectul LCCR - Italia" (PDF). Institutul Limbii Române (in Romanian).
- "Portugalia". Institutul Limbii Române (in Romanian).
- "Grupe realizate 10.11.2016 - Spania" (PDF). Institutul Limbii Române (in Romanian).
- Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research: "Регіональний портрет України. 2003 р. Чернівецька область :: Ukrainian Center for Independent Political Research ::". Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2006., "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "Internetový časopis človek a spoločnosť". www.clovekaspolocnost.sk. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009.
- Kramar Andriy. "University of Chernivtsi". Chnu.cv.ua. Retrieved 23 May 2010.