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Romanian

română
ro 24M speakers

Romanian (română) is a Indo-European language with approximately 24M speakers speakers. It is written using the Latin script. Its BCP 47 language code is ro.

Romanian (română) is a Romance language and the official language of Romania and Moldova. With approximately 24 million native speakers, it is the easternmost and most isolated Romance language, preserving many features of Latin that other Romance languages have lost.

Romanian is written with a modified Latin alphabet that includes letters with cedilla or comma-below (ș, ț) and circumflex (â, î). Romanian has preserved a case system with five cases, which most other Romance languages abandoned.

Writing Systems Used for Romanian

Latin
Primary
Hello World
LTR Latn

Frequently Asked Questions

What alphabet or script does Romanian use?
Romanian is written using the Latin script (ISO 15924 code: Latn). Latin is written left-to-right.
What direction is Romanian written?
Romanian is written Left-to-right. Text runs from left to right, the same direction as most European languages.
How many people speak Romanian?
Romanian has approximately 24M speakers speakers worldwide. It is a member of the Indo-European language family.
What language family does Romanian belong to?
Romanian belongs to the Indo-European language family. It is written with the Latin script.
What is the language code for Romanian?
The BCP 47 language code for Romanian is "ro". This code is used in software, web standards (the HTML lang attribute), and internationalization contexts.

Language Facts

BCP 47 Code
ro
ISO 639-3
ron
Status
living
Speakers
24M speakers
Language Family
Indo-European
Scripts
1
Primary Script
Latin

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Data sourced from Unicode CLDR and ISO 639-3. Last updated April 20, 2026.