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    This document provides an overview of the Romanian language, including where it is spoken, its dialects, historical influences, alphabet and pronunciation. Some key points: - Romanian is primarily spoken in Romania and Moldova, totaling around 24 million speakers. It is also spoken as a minority language in several other countries. Due to the diaspora, it is spoken worldwide. - There are four main dialects of Romanian: Daco-Romanian, Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian. Daco-Romanian has regional subdialects as well. - Romanian is a Romance language influenced by languages like Slavic, Greek, Hungarian, and others. Its alphabet is based

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    This document provides an overview of the Romanian language, including where it is spoken, its dialects, historical influences, alphabet and pronunciation. Some key points: - Romanian is primarily spoken in Romania and Moldova, totaling around 24 million speakers. It is also spoken as a minority language in several other countries. Due to the diaspora, it is spoken worldwide. - There are four main dialects of Romanian: Daco-Romanian, Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian. Daco-Romanian has regional subdialects as well. - Romanian is a Romance language influenced by languages like Slavic, Greek, Hungarian, and others. Its alphabet is based

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    This document provides an overview of the Romanian language, including where it is spoken, its dialects, historical influences, alphabet and pronunciation. Some key points: - Romanian is primarily spoken in Romania and Moldova, totaling around 24 million speakers. It is also spoken as a minority language in several other countries. Due to the diaspora, it is spoken worldwide. - There are four main dialects of Romanian: Daco-Romanian, Aromanian, Megleno-Romanian, and Istro-Romanian. Daco-Romanian has regional subdialects as well. - Romanian is a Romance language influenced by languages like Slavic, Greek, Hungarian, and others. Its alphabet is based

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    Romanian language

    International Language Festival


    University of Sheffield
    Bine ai venit!
    Welcome!



    Today we are going to
    learn
    a little about Romanian
    language.
    Where is spoken?

    Is native to Romania and
    Republic of Moldova, where
    around 24 million people speak
    it.


    Where is spoken?







    As a minority is spoken in: Serbia, Ukraine,
    Hungary, Bulgaria and Greece.

    Where is spoken?






    Due to Romanian diaspora, Romanian language is
    spoken around the world, but mostly in Italy,
    Spain, Germany, United States, Canada, Russia,
    UK, Portugal and Israel.
    Dialects
    In a general sense, we can understand by
    Romanian 4 different languages or dialects:

    Daco-Romanian
    Aromanian
    Megleno-Romanian
    Istro-Romanian
    Dialects
    Daco-Romanian or Romanian has also dialects
    or sub-dialects:
    In the southern part: the Wallachian
    subdialect
    In the northern part: the Moldavian
    subdialect, the Banat subdialect, and
    Transylvanian varieties.

    Dialects


    Historical Family
    language
    Romanian belongs to Romance language, to the
    Italic branch of the Indo-European language
    family.

    Romanian has Slavic influence and also Greek,
    Hungarian, Turkish, German and Romany, as
    well as French, Italian and English influence.

    Historical Family
    language
    A few examples:

    Greek:
    folos < felos "use",
    buzunar < buzunra "pocket"
    German:
    cartof < Kartoffel "potato",
    bere < Bier "beer"
    Historical Family
    language
    French:
    birou "desk, office",
    avion "airplane"

    English:
    gem < jam,
    interviu < interview,
    meci < match
    Aspects of the language
    The alphabet is based on the Latin script with
    five additional letters: , , , , .

    Difference between:
    a A /a/ mare "big", "sea"
    // mas "table"
    // cnd "when"

    Aspects of the language
    The letters , and , have the same sound.
    The difference is grammatical:
    we use , at the principle of the word,

    nceput "principle", "started",

    and in the midle of the word,

    cnd "when".
    Aspects of the language
    Difference between:
    s S /s/ sau "or"
    // ase "six"

    Difference between:
    t T /t/ tare "strong"
    /t

    s/ ascuit "sharp-edged"
    Short conversation
    Bun! "Hi!"
    Ce faci? Cum eti? "How do you do?
    "How are you?"
    Bine/ Ru. "Fine/ Bad."
    i tu? "And you?"
    ...
    La revedere! "Good bye!"
    Everyday phrases
    Bun dimineaa! "Good morning!"

    Bun ziua! "Good afternoon!"

    Bun seara! "Good evening!"

    Noapte bun! "Good night!"
    Everyday phrases

    Mulumesc! "Thank you!"

    Cu plcere! "You are welcome!"

    Pardon. / Scuze. "Sorry."
    Guess what?


    Now it is my turn.

    You have to guess what I am saying ;)
    Everyday phrases


    Questions?


    What would you like to say in Romanian?
    Where can you learn
    Romanian in Sheffield?
    Join The Romanian Society of University of
    Sheffield. facebook.com/rosocsheffield

    Courses in Sheffield:
    www.listenandlearn.org/romanian/sheffield/

    Online:
    www.surfacelanguages.com/language/Romanian
    www.conversationexchange.com

    Little recapitulation
    Video on Youtube:
    Adevarul despre Romania (Truth about Romania)

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