Alternate Names: Daco-Rumanian, Moldavan, Rumanian
Dialects: Banat, Bayash, Moldavian, Muntenian (Walachian), Transylvanian. Little dialect variation. Bayash are Gypsies whose dialect is based on Banat, but influenced by Balkan Romani , and Hungarian ,. Lexical similarity: 77% with Italian ,, 75% with French ,, 74% with Sardinian ,, 73% with Catalan ,, 72% with Portuguese , and Rheto-Romance ,, 71% with Spanish ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 19,900,000 in Romania (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 23,782,990.
Language Use: 5,974,000 also use English [eng]. 4,944,000 also use French [fra].
Language Development: Fully developed. Bible: 1688–1989.
Typology: SVO.
Spoken In: Romania, Moldova
Writing System: Braille, Cyrillic, Latin
Nation of Origin: Romania
Other Comments: Christian.