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327 LANGUAGE FILE
Language name Romanian Rumanian rəυ�meiniən
Language name Romany Romani �rəυməni
Autonym (if known and different)
Autonym (if known and different) romani chib
Language family Indo-European Romance
Language family Indo-European Indic
Spoken in Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria
Approximate number of speakers 20m
Spoken in Across central and eastern Europe, including Estonia,
Lithuania, Ukraine, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia,
Romania, Czech Republic
Writing system Roman
Approximate number of speakers 3.5m
Phonetics/phonology
Writing system Roman
Stress variable
Phonetics/phonology
Contains following rare
consonant (types)
Stress word-final
Said to have how many vowels? 7�3 diphthongs
Contains following rare retroflex; uvular; ejective
consonant (types)
Marked vowel types
Said to have how many vowels? 5
Tone none
Marked vowel types
Rhythm no information
Tone none
Vowel harmony none
Rhythm no information
Morphology fusional stem-based
Vowel harmony none
Particular formation types prefix; suffix
Morphology agglutinative word-based
and fusional
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
NPoss
Particular formation types partial suffixed reduplication; suffix
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; conjugation classes
Syntax
Word order SVO AN prepositions
PossN
Points of interest
Sources Campbell (1991), Katzner (1977), Maddieson (1984),
Mallinson (1986)
Particular syntactic phenomena gender; nominative / accusative marking;
conjugation classes
Points of interest the language of the Rom or the gypsies, this does not have
a standard form because it is spoken across
so many countries
Sources Campbell (1991), Matras (2002), Ruhlen (1976)